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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... referred to from the platform of the National Convention : " I do not consider it necessary , at present , for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement . Apprehension seems to ...
... referred to from the platform of the National Convention : " I do not consider it necessary , at present , for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement . Apprehension seems to ...
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... referred to , and whatever else they may have included or covered , it is clear that they prohibited slavery in United States Ter- ritory ; and they so far forth show that , in the judgment of the men who understood the real intent and ...
... referred to , and whatever else they may have included or covered , it is clear that they prohibited slavery in United States Ter- ritory ; and they so far forth show that , in the judgment of the men who understood the real intent and ...
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... referred , we heard five speeches made upon them which consumed the chief portion of one day's session . Messrs . Mason and Hunter , of Virginia , spoke earnestly against never by any political party ) , until within a very recent ...
... referred , we heard five speeches made upon them which consumed the chief portion of one day's session . Messrs . Mason and Hunter , of Virginia , spoke earnestly against never by any political party ) , until within a very recent ...
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... referred , was taken in the same spirit which actuated the Peace Conven- tion . It was another proposition to amend the Constitu- tion , emanating from the Committee of Thirty - Three of the House of Representatives , of which Mr ...
... referred , was taken in the same spirit which actuated the Peace Conven- tion . It was another proposition to amend the Constitu- tion , emanating from the Committee of Thirty - Three of the House of Representatives , of which Mr ...
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... referred in his Inaugural Address , as follows : " I understand that a proposed amendment to the Constitution ( which amendment , however , I have not seen ) has passed Congress , to the effect that the Federal Government shall never ...
... referred in his Inaugural Address , as follows : " I understand that a proposed amendment to the Constitution ( which amendment , however , I have not seen ) has passed Congress , to the effect that the Federal Government shall never ...
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