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... whilst he speaks of our " letters as " a bold and skilful analysis " " of the whole case in America , " he draws an infer- ence from them which demonstrates that the best of men are but men at the best , and consequently liable to err ...
... whilst he speaks of our " letters as " a bold and skilful analysis " " of the whole case in America , " he draws an infer- ence from them which demonstrates that the best of men are but men at the best , and consequently liable to err ...
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... whilst all who resisted were driven into exile or thrust into prison . The Southerns showed noble pluck and daring throughout the entire bloody and devastating war , whilst they were being girdled with our Northern Anaconda , which ...
... whilst all who resisted were driven into exile or thrust into prison . The Southerns showed noble pluck and daring throughout the entire bloody and devastating war , whilst they were being girdled with our Northern Anaconda , which ...
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... whilst those who professed to hold a commission to make it known were first and fore- most to cry , 66 war to the knife , " " war to the bitter end . " Some resort to strange assumptions and to deep strategy , to mask their true ...
... whilst those who professed to hold a commission to make it known were first and fore- most to cry , 66 war to the knife , " " war to the bitter end . " Some resort to strange assumptions and to deep strategy , to mask their true ...
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... whilst the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was painting our Northern States and people in the blackest colours , as shown in his Harper's Ferry sermon , which the Revs . Brock , Chown , and Federal visionaries would do well to read and ponder ...
... whilst the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was painting our Northern States and people in the blackest colours , as shown in his Harper's Ferry sermon , which the Revs . Brock , Chown , and Federal visionaries would do well to read and ponder ...
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... whilst Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and the Canadas were ready to allay themselves in free gift with the North . " But when the influence of the Southern belief in free trade was predominant in 1836 , '40 , '48 and '52 , the writer in ...
... whilst Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and the Canadas were ready to allay themselves in free gift with the North . " But when the influence of the Southern belief in free trade was predominant in 1836 , '40 , '48 and '52 , the writer in ...
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