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... telegraph - office during the first and second bal- lotings , when he left , went to the office of the State Journal , and was con- versing with friends when the third balloting occurred . The result was known at Springfield a few ...
... telegraph - office during the first and second bal- lotings , when he left , went to the office of the State Journal , and was con- versing with friends when the third balloting occurred . The result was known at Springfield a few ...
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... telegraph had flashed November , intelligence of Lincoln's election over the length and breadth of the land , and bore tidings of great joy elsewhere because of the auspicious event , the enthusiasm of the rebellious people in ...
... telegraph had flashed November , intelligence of Lincoln's election over the length and breadth of the land , and bore tidings of great joy elsewhere because of the auspicious event , the enthusiasm of the rebellious people in ...
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... Telegraph , at Washington City . At about the same time ( 1886 ) , a novel was written by Beverly Tucker , of Virginia , called The Partisan Leader , in which the doctrine of State Supremacy and the most insidious sectionalism were ...
... Telegraph , at Washington City . At about the same time ( 1886 ) , a novel was written by Beverly Tucker , of Virginia , called The Partisan Leader , in which the doctrine of State Supremacy and the most insidious sectionalism were ...
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... telegraph carried the President's Message quickly to every part of the land . The people sat down to read it with eagerness , and arose from its perusal with brows saddened with the gravest disappointment . This feeling was universal ...
... telegraph carried the President's Message quickly to every part of the land . The people sat down to read it with eagerness , and arose from its perusal with brows saddened with the gravest disappointment . This feeling was universal ...
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... pieces as relics and mementoes . SIGNING THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION . 105 The telegraph instantly. CALHOUN'S TOMB IN ST . PHILIP'S CHURCH - YARD . BANNER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONVENTION . CALHOUN'S TOMB IN CHARLESTON.
... pieces as relics and mementoes . SIGNING THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION . 105 The telegraph instantly. CALHOUN'S TOMB IN ST . PHILIP'S CHURCH - YARD . BANNER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONVENTION . CALHOUN'S TOMB IN CHARLESTON.
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Page 278 - Our new government," said the Expounder, "is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that Slaverysubordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of
Page 78 - cast out to thy house* When thou scest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh ? . . . Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.
Page 311 - irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal." He referred to the impossibility of a dissolution of the Union, physically speaking.
Page 245 - of every attempt to alienate any portion of onr country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.'" With greater bitterness Mr. Clemens denounced the Abolitionists, and quoted from the writings and speeches of
Page 310 - right, plainly written in the Constitution,'' had been denied. He declared that if, " by the mere force of numbers, a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution—certainly would if such right were a vital one. But such is not our case,
Page 311 - of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it, does of necessity fly to anarchy or to despotism." The President referred to the binding character of the decisions of the Supreme Court in all special cases ; but he said,
Page 191 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot,'' went from lip to lip like electric fire, and became a proverb in every true American's thoughts. It was heard with dismay by the more timid insurgents, while its promises gave joy to the lover of his country. 4 A small medal was 1
Page 278 - entertained the erroneous idea that " the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically." They erroneously believed "that in the order of Providence the institution would be evanescent and pass away." That, he said, was
Page 295 - for all future time. 2 It was that which gave promise that, in due time, the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of men. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis ? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the
Page 311 - with the action of Chief-Justice Taney in the Dred Scott case in his mind, 1 " The candid citizen must confess, that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to