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... Southern States , upon the evi- dence before us . At all events , no fair opportunity has yet been afforded them , either of explanation or of modification , of the recognised evil , in the face of the coercion and abolition which has ...
... Southern States , upon the evi- dence before us . At all events , no fair opportunity has yet been afforded them , either of explanation or of modification , of the recognised evil , in the face of the coercion and abolition which has ...
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... Southern have no right to withdraw from it , is affirmed by both the one and the other , it appears conclusive that the legal and constitutional authority to act by armed force is de- ficient . Nor is it any answer to say that the Pre ...
... Southern have no right to withdraw from it , is affirmed by both the one and the other , it appears conclusive that the legal and constitutional authority to act by armed force is de- ficient . Nor is it any answer to say that the Pre ...
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... Southern States on the same ground . Surely , without some strong authority , the force of which has never been disputed - the mere assertion in speeches and newspapers , that all this deliberate action is rebellion , cannot be accepted ...
... Southern States on the same ground . Surely , without some strong authority , the force of which has never been disputed - the mere assertion in speeches and newspapers , that all this deliberate action is rebellion , cannot be accepted ...
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... Southern Confederation had an indefeasible right to withdraw from the Union , and had exercised that right legally . The position which the President assumed for the Northern section as constituting the State , and the Southern as in ...
... Southern Confederation had an indefeasible right to withdraw from the Union , and had exercised that right legally . The position which the President assumed for the Northern section as constituting the State , and the Southern as in ...
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... Southern people to uproot their social fabric , and for ever impoverish themselves and their pos- terity . Nay , more , they have the effrontery to offer such an argument as this : - are " The average value of land in the Southern ...
... Southern people to uproot their social fabric , and for ever impoverish themselves and their pos- terity . Nay , more , they have the effrontery to offer such an argument as this : - are " The average value of land in the Southern ...
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