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... nation had insisted that it had not meant ALL men ; it had meant only white men ; it must not mean ALL men . The war had come , and with it the death of that old nation , and the birth of a new . Its death was at Gettysburg , sym ...
... nation had insisted that it had not meant ALL men ; it had meant only white men ; it must not mean ALL men . The war had come , and with it the death of that old nation , and the birth of a new . Its death was at Gettysburg , sym ...
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... nation the man ever sym- pathised ; and now the nation mourns for the man . The day after his death , one of the public Journals , opposed to him politically , held the following pathetic and beautiful lan- guage , which I adopt ...
... nation the man ever sym- pathised ; and now the nation mourns for the man . The day after his death , one of the public Journals , opposed to him politically , held the following pathetic and beautiful lan- guage , which I adopt ...
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... nations , in this case , discarding all moral , social , and treaty obliga- tions , would act solely , and ... nation broken into hostile fragments . It is not my purpose to review our discussions with foreign states ; because ...
... nations , in this case , discarding all moral , social , and treaty obliga- tions , would act solely , and ... nation broken into hostile fragments . It is not my purpose to review our discussions with foreign states ; because ...
Contents
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Letter to Miss Mary Owens May 7 1837 | 73 |
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