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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... issue , 115 ; Gen. McClellan's opinion , 116 ; Southern assumptions vs. " Northern aggressions , " 117 ; Diplo- matists from South Carolina , 118 ; Their demand insolent , 120 ; What President Buchanan intended , 122 ; Hypocrisy of ...
... issue , 115 ; Gen. McClellan's opinion , 116 ; Southern assumptions vs. " Northern aggressions , " 117 ; Diplo- matists from South Carolina , 118 ; Their demand insolent , 120 ; What President Buchanan intended , 122 ; Hypocrisy of ...
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... issue of civil war . The Govern- ment will not assail you . You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government ; while I shall have the most solemn one to ...
... issue of civil war . The Govern- ment will not assail you . You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government ; while I shall have the most solemn one to ...
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... issue . A large portion of her people , comprising the inhabitants of many counties in the mountain region of the Alleghanies , have always been distinguished , -as , indeed , seems to be the charac- teristic of all our mountain country ...
... issue . A large portion of her people , comprising the inhabitants of many counties in the mountain region of the Alleghanies , have always been distinguished , -as , indeed , seems to be the charac- teristic of all our mountain country ...
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... issue their own power would be more secure . From the great heart of " the peoples ” alone has there been for us a single genuine throb of sympathy . The only notable exception to this among the rulers in the monarchies of Europe is ...
... issue their own power would be more secure . From the great heart of " the peoples ” alone has there been for us a single genuine throb of sympathy . The only notable exception to this among the rulers in the monarchies of Europe is ...
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... against supposed aggressions that the States seceded ; that this was " a mere pretext . " We shall see the fallacy of this position from testimony which cannot be overthrown . and the issue had really been between the Union and.
... against supposed aggressions that the States seceded ; that this was " a mere pretext . " We shall see the fallacy of this position from testimony which cannot be overthrown . and the issue had really been between the Union and.
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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