Turning on the Light: A Dispassionate Survey of President Buchanan's Administration, from 1860 to Its Close |
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... Secession on the Election of Abraham Lincoln ; Pointed Correspondence ; Fearful Forebodings CHAPTER II . Letter of President Buchanan to Royal Phelps , Esq . , of New York . . CHAPTER III . 23 45 Answer to Hon . J. D. Ashmore , M. C. ...
... Secession on the Election of Abraham Lincoln ; Pointed Correspondence ; Fearful Forebodings CHAPTER II . Letter of President Buchanan to Royal Phelps , Esq . , of New York . . CHAPTER III . 23 45 Answer to Hon . J. D. Ashmore , M. C. ...
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... Secession and of Coercion as applied to a State ; his Forbearance ; his Letter on the Assassina- tion of Lincoln , etc. PAGE • 104 130 • CHAPTER XIII . Letter to Rev. G. M. P. King , on the Progress of the War ; the Hand of God plainly ...
... Secession and of Coercion as applied to a State ; his Forbearance ; his Letter on the Assassina- tion of Lincoln , etc. PAGE • 104 130 • CHAPTER XIII . Letter to Rev. G. M. P. King , on the Progress of the War ; the Hand of God plainly ...
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... secession movements . It is this , that the violation of a compact by one of the parties releases all , assuming our federal system to be identical with a contract between individuals for certain purposes . It is totally different , and ...
... secession movements . It is this , that the violation of a compact by one of the parties releases all , assuming our federal system to be identical with a contract between individuals for certain purposes . It is totally different , and ...
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... secession movements at the South and in support of the Union ? Among those whom I met was General Dix , who , of course , is greatly concerned with reference to the present excitement . He had written both to Mr. Cobb and Mr ...
... secession movements at the South and in support of the Union ? Among those whom I met was General Dix , who , of course , is greatly concerned with reference to the present excitement . He had written both to Mr. Cobb and Mr ...
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... secession ; but were I allowed to guess , I would say that he will not be in favor of using force unless the property of the United States is interfered with , such as the taking of the forts , etc. , when he would be obliged to act ...
... secession ; but were I allowed to guess , I would say that he will not be in favor of using force unless the property of the United States is interfered with , such as the taking of the forts , etc. , when he would be obliged to act ...
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