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... laws . As such representative , duly elected . . . , he will at once rally around him , not only the entire North , but the entire conservative strength of the South .... His speeches , his political record , the platform . . . , all ...
... laws . As such representative , duly elected . . . , he will at once rally around him , not only the entire North , but the entire conservative strength of the South .... His speeches , his political record , the platform . . . , all ...
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... laws . I fully believe that such an adjustment can be offered , and that when offered by the Administration having the power and the will to make ... the laws . . . something more than meaningless words on the statute book it will be ...
... laws . I fully believe that such an adjustment can be offered , and that when offered by the Administration having the power and the will to make ... the laws . . . something more than meaningless words on the statute book it will be ...
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... laws , would that work , he asked . It would , replied George W. Summers of western Virginia , whose name was being mentioned in cabinet gossip . Cadaverous James Seddon of Virginia , sub- sequently Jefferson Davis's Secretary of War ...
... laws , would that work , he asked . It would , replied George W. Summers of western Virginia , whose name was being mentioned in cabinet gossip . Cadaverous James Seddon of Virginia , sub- sequently Jefferson Davis's Secretary of War ...
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PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
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