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Page 66
... Jefferson Davis , marauding here at the North . [ Loud cheers . ] They cry out , " Peace ! " - but , fellow - citizens , are we not all for peace ? Sir , are you not for peace ? Are not all the honored gentlemen by whom I am sur ...
... Jefferson Davis , marauding here at the North . [ Loud cheers . ] They cry out , " Peace ! " - but , fellow - citizens , are we not all for peace ? Sir , are you not for peace ? Are not all the honored gentlemen by whom I am sur ...
Page 70
... Jefferson Davis as its chief , and with no other watchword than Slavery . As in the choice of Hercules , there are here before you two roads , one leading to virtue and renown , the other leading to crime and shame . Choose ye between ...
... Jefferson Davis as its chief , and with no other watchword than Slavery . As in the choice of Hercules , there are here before you two roads , one leading to virtue and renown , the other leading to crime and shame . Choose ye between ...
Page 74
... Jefferson Davis , the President , so tenacious and uncompromising , was a Democrat , - that Stephens , the audacious Vice - President , who announced that the new Government was founded on Slavery as its corner - stone , was an old Whig ...
... Jefferson Davis , the President , so tenacious and uncompromising , was a Democrat , - that Stephens , the audacious Vice - President , who announced that the new Government was founded on Slavery as its corner - stone , was an old Whig ...
Page 76
... Jefferson Davis , or for his Democratic sympathizers among us , seeking to arrest the strong blows under which Rebellion reels . I do not forget , also , that there are good men , who , under misapprehension of some kind , and without ...
... Jefferson Davis , or for his Democratic sympathizers among us , seeking to arrest the strong blows under which Rebellion reels . I do not forget , also , that there are good men , who , under misapprehension of some kind , and without ...
Page 128
... Jefferson Davis , will be supreme ; and all this simply for the sake of Slavery . Look at the Chicago platform or candidate as you will , and you are constantly brought back to Slavery as the animating impulse . Look at the Baltimore ...
... Jefferson Davis , will be supreme ; and all this simply for the sake of Slavery . Look at the Chicago platform or candidate as you will , and you are constantly brought back to Slavery as the animating impulse . Look at the Baltimore ...
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