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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 64
... rebellion began with fraud and con- spiracy against the Union , with Lynch law and compulsion on the majority of Southerners , and in violation of the State Constitutions , -yet the necessities of war , its intense purpose , its ...
... by declaring , " the gentleman from Massa- chusetts is out of order . " - [ Gidding's History of the Rebellion , its Authors and Causes . Pp . 167-9 , 217-18 . ] to the extent of twenty millions , have risen up PREFACE . xxix.
... rebellion , as that which has just been subdued , was always regarded by me as one of the most marvellous of all intellectual heresies . Such a conclusion proves a wide spread ignorance not only of the essential facts , and special ...
... rebellion . To this end they may use the question of the Southern debt or of the negro suffrage , as a plat- form to unite upon , and if Southern Freedom be acknowledged without guarantees for Negro Equa- lity , then the Principle of ...
... rebellion . - Complex and simple issues . - The " Heaven and Hell amalgamation . " - The Science of Politics . - Three items of national power.- The material unity . - The Man . - The Institution . - Men and principles . - Material and ...