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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... present , and as far as possible have endeavored to give them credit in the body of the work , though omissions may have occurred . With this statement of the object of this vol- ume , we lay it before the public , in the confident hope ...
... present , and as far as possible have endeavored to give them credit in the body of the work , though omissions may have occurred . With this statement of the object of this vol- ume , we lay it before the public , in the confident hope ...
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... present , for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement . Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States , that by the ac- cession of a Republican ...
... present , for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement . Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States , that by the ac- cession of a Republican ...
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... present rebel Minister of War , and nearly every other member from the South , was now identified with the rebellion . They did not consent to the proposition , because they had made up their minds before they entered the Convention ...
... present rebel Minister of War , and nearly every other member from the South , was now identified with the rebellion . They did not consent to the proposition , because they had made up their minds before they entered the Convention ...
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... Present Crisis . " It is in the form of a Letter , dated February 6 , 1861 , to the Hon . William Pennington , then Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States . Dr. Baird says : " When a free , enlightened , and ...
... Present Crisis . " It is in the form of a Letter , dated February 6 , 1861 , to the Hon . William Pennington , then Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States . Dr. Baird says : " When a free , enlightened , and ...
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... present session , PROMPTLY shown a spirit of magnanimous patriotism , such as was so eminently becoming from the stronger to the weaker , and which the circumstances so clearly demanded , the tide of secession would have been stayed on ...
... present session , PROMPTLY shown a spirit of magnanimous patriotism , such as was so eminently becoming from the stronger to the weaker , and which the circumstances so clearly demanded , the tide of secession would have been stayed on ...
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