The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous FailureA personal memoir and observations of the politics and overall secession by the Confederacy leading up to and during the U.S. Civil War. |
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... Party stigma- tized as an Abolitionist . - Calhoun's Address to the South ... Party . - Denunciations of him by the Democratic Press and Politicians . - Slavery the ... Whig Triumph in 1840. - Tyler's Treachery . - The Annexation of Texas ...
... Party stigma- tized as an Abolitionist . - Calhoun's Address to the South ... Party . - Denunciations of him by the Democratic Press and Politicians . - Slavery the ... Whig Triumph in 1840. - Tyler's Treachery . - The Annexation of Texas ...
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... Whig Party , swell the Democratic Ranks , 109 , 110 . THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW . - Its obnoxious Features . - Quiet temporari- ly restored . - Retirement of John P. Hale . - The Democracy dissatis- fied . - The Union to be saved only by ...
... Whig Party , swell the Democratic Ranks , 109 , 110 . THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW . - Its obnoxious Features . - Quiet temporari- ly restored . - Retirement of John P. Hale . - The Democracy dissatis- fied . - The Union to be saved only by ...
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... Whig . - An Editorial from the Richmond Dispatch .- " Tories and Traitors , " 213-216 . MR . BOTTS RETIRES FROM THE ... Party , 222–224 . CONCLUSION . - Reflections on the State of the Country . - Mr . Botts de- clares the Union to be ...
... Whig . - An Editorial from the Richmond Dispatch .- " Tories and Traitors , " 213-216 . MR . BOTTS RETIRES FROM THE ... Party , 222–224 . CONCLUSION . - Reflections on the State of the Country . - Mr . Botts de- clares the Union to be ...
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... Whig party in the South to co - operate with the Democracy on all sectional issues , of which we will take care to have an abundant supply on hand , and thus in time the whole South will become democratized . Accordingly we find that ...
... Whig party in the South to co - operate with the Democracy on all sectional issues , of which we will take care to have an abundant supply on hand , and thus in time the whole South will become democratized . Accordingly we find that ...
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... Whig party were to be made the hewers of wood and drawers of water for our hard task - masters ex- cept on the condition of bending the knee to Baal ; this cry of disunion was hushed and trodden under foot by the happy influence of the ...
... Whig party were to be made the hewers of wood and drawers of water for our hard task - masters ex- cept on the condition of bending the knee to Baal ; this cry of disunion was hushed and trodden under foot by the happy influence of the ...
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Abolitionists adopted agitation annexation arms army Articles of Confederation authority believe body Botts Calhoun called cause citizen civil claim Congress Constitution Convention Culpepper County declared Democratic party disunion Dutch Republic elected Emancipation Proclamation excitement execution farther Federal feeling force Force Bill Fort Sumter Free-soilers friends Garnett gentlemen governor honor issue John leaders legislative Legislature letter liberty Lincoln loyal loyalty measure ment military Missouri Compromise nation never nomination North Northern oath object offense opinion ordinance of secession pardon patriotic peace perpetual pledge political present President proclamation proposition purpose rebellion reconstruction repeal Republican repudiate resolution restored Richmond secessionists Senate slave slavery South Carolina Southern Democracy sovereignty speech stand Sumter territory test-oath Texas thing thousand tion traitors treason Union United Virginia vote Washington Whig Whig party whole Wilmot Proviso