The Church and the Rebellion: A Consideration of the Rebellion Against the Government of the United States; and the Agency of the Church, North and South, in Relation Thereto |
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... fact , and allay this dangerous ex- citement . Then call for a National Convention and let the whole country decide on the new claims you prefer . But for that fair , simple proposition , not one single vote from a single slaveholding ...
... fact , and allay this dangerous ex- citement . Then call for a National Convention and let the whole country decide on the new claims you prefer . But for that fair , simple proposition , not one single vote from a single slaveholding ...
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... fact , but incidentally referring to what those whom he was addressing well knew to be true , says : " When you were ... facts which are too recent and too familiar to be doubted , and only refer to them to exhibit another of the ...
... fact , but incidentally referring to what those whom he was addressing well knew to be true , says : " When you were ... facts which are too recent and too familiar to be doubted , and only refer to them to exhibit another of the ...
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... fact , that Government has always been , in great part , in her own hands , or under the control of her influence . If she has not been happy and prosperous it is sim- ply her own fault . I mean to say , she has no cause whatever to ...
... fact , that Government has always been , in great part , in her own hands , or under the control of her influence . If she has not been happy and prosperous it is sim- ply her own fault . I mean to say , she has no cause whatever to ...
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... fact not only that it is made against popular government , but in its success the last hope of liberty would have perished from among men . No people could have dared reasonably to hope for suc- cess in an experiment of free ...
... fact not only that it is made against popular government , but in its success the last hope of liberty would have perished from among men . No people could have dared reasonably to hope for suc- cess in an experiment of free ...
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... fact or policy touching the rebellion , or any other matter concerning human interests upon which men are commonly divided . Upon discovering this , one might be led to the conclusion that there are inherent difficulties in the solu ...
... fact or policy touching the rebellion , or any other matter concerning human interests upon which men are commonly divided . Upon discovering this , one might be led to the conclusion that there are inherent difficulties in the solu ...
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abolitionism abolitionists action Address admit army Assembly authority Breckinridge cause character charge Christian civil claim condemnation Confederate Congress Constitution Convention course Decalogue declared deemed defend disloyalty divine doctrine duty emancipation existed fact favor Fort Sumter give God's Government ground human institution issue judgment Justinian Code Kentucky labor Law of Nature laws of war leaders liberty loyal master McPheeters ment ministers moral nation negro slavery North Northern opinion ordinance ordinance of secession paper party peace persons political position Presbyterian Church present President principles question reason rebel rebellion referred regard relation religious responsibility revolution sanction Scriptures seceded secession sentiment slave codes slave-trade slaveholding slaves South Carolina Southern Church statesmen STUART ROBINSON sustained Synod taken territory testimony thing Thomas R. R. Cobb Thornwell tion treason True Presbyterian Union Union armies United utter whole word