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... history . We have , as a fact , fourteen States openly dissolving the Union , and in a formal manner se- ceding from the general body of the nation . How , then , even in the popular view of vote by majority , can there remain a ...
... history . We have , as a fact , fourteen States openly dissolving the Union , and in a formal manner se- ceding from the general body of the nation . How , then , even in the popular view of vote by majority , can there remain a ...
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... history is too familiar to require discussion - but only notice it in passing as one of the early causes of dissension . It has been uniformly felt by the South that in this , as in other cases , they had been unfairly dealt with by the ...
... history is too familiar to require discussion - but only notice it in passing as one of the early causes of dissension . It has been uniformly felt by the South that in this , as in other cases , they had been unfairly dealt with by the ...
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... history since that day for no one can possibly prognosticate whither the force of conscience can compel a fanatic . Although the slave right was the question on - * See Webster's speech , March 7 , 1850 . which the two parties came to ...
... history since that day for no one can possibly prognosticate whither the force of conscience can compel a fanatic . Although the slave right was the question on - * See Webster's speech , March 7 , 1850 . which the two parties came to ...
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... history is to guide us in appreciating the spirit with which the United States deals with foreign nations , there will not long lack an excuse . would be well for England and France to seize the present opportunity for inculcating the ...
... history is to guide us in appreciating the spirit with which the United States deals with foreign nations , there will not long lack an excuse . would be well for England and France to seize the present opportunity for inculcating the ...
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... history . The whole of the Northern free States were once " the homes of slavery . " They all pos- sessed that " property , " and they all gradually abandoned it as of no practical value . This process is now going on in the Northern ...
... history . The whole of the Northern free States were once " the homes of slavery . " They all pos- sessed that " property , " and they all gradually abandoned it as of no practical value . This process is now going on in the Northern ...
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