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... action of the committee to the contrary notwithstanding.1 " Judging from the drift of conversation in the State House , " wrote the same reporter next day , " secession is now looked upon as a certainty . The President elect is prepared ...
... action of the committee to the contrary notwithstanding.1 " Judging from the drift of conversation in the State House , " wrote the same reporter next day , " secession is now looked upon as a certainty . The President elect is prepared ...
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... action for dismemberment of the Union , at least until some act deemed to be violative of our rights shall be done by the incoming Admini- stration . 3 This letter was never made public , whether because Trumbull and his associates ...
... action for dismemberment of the Union , at least until some act deemed to be violative of our rights shall be done by the incoming Admini- stration . 3 This letter was never made public , whether because Trumbull and his associates ...
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... action , their politi- cal ascendency would collapse , and a southern Republican party , nourished by Federal patronage , they feared , would replace them.1 Lincoln gave fairly clear expression to this point in the paragraphs he ...
... action , their politi- cal ascendency would collapse , and a southern Republican party , nourished by Federal patronage , they feared , would replace them.1 Lincoln gave fairly clear expression to this point in the paragraphs he ...
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NOVEMBER SIXTH | 3 |
A FABIAN FORTNIGHT 77 | 7 |
SECESSION SALVOS | 41 |
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