The Making of the American Nation: Or, The Rise and Decline of Oligarchy in the WestThe Making of the American Nation: Or, The Rise and Decline of Oligarchy in the West by James Partridge Arthur, first published in 1866, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... Power . CHAPTER IV . -1860 . 301-327 VICTORY . Oligarchy cast out 329-389 BOOK IV . CHAPTER I.- " Right " of Secession . CHAPTER II - Reconstruction 391--416 · 417-523 From page 1 to page 163 was written and printed CONTENTS .
... Secession , and of Olig- archy . Had the war ended without a victory , this pas- sion and principle of Equality would effectually , and in due course , by the quiet resistless energies of its propagandism , destroy Oligarchy . It is a ...
... secession must kill secession . It began by asserting the expe- diency and the principle of slave labour . It ends E by vainly wishing to turn the labourers into Sol- diers CHAP . I. ] 49 THE SITUATION .
... Secession , civil war , and destruction of Cotton , and ultimately , of the political structure of the South . In 1844-5 cotton was about 4d . In 1846-7 it rose to 7d . and 9d . In 1858 , the mono- poly which England had conferred upon ...
... secession . It has spoken partly through Trades ' Union , and partly at the instance of various societies friendly to the slave of colour ; but as a political question affecting every living soul upon the earth , both in principle , and ...