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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... essential war , and from the highest point of view , the nation , before it could proceed , simply had got to destroy the speciality of the section . It did its duty and destroyed it . Broadly speaking , for the nation self - government ...
... essential FACTS respecting the nation and the cause , which occasioned , which maintain , and which will settle the controversy , is , if honestly and carefully per- formed , a service not without importance in the present , or meaning ...
... ignorance not only of the essential facts , and special constituent elements of the American nation , but of the conditions and meaning of Nationality generally . I should have thought it easier far , to sail PREFACE . xxxiii.
... essential war . - Materialism and Slavery . - The crisis of American Destiny . - Completion of American nationality and freedom .-- Southern " Nationality . " - Majority against it.- Leading principles , associations , and ideas against ...
... essential facts of a nation's history , can form no sound theory of political causation , —has no right to any opinion , either on its present or its future , or on the value or relative significance of any particular fact . But the ...