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Page 14
... attempt still bolder and more daring usurpations . " It has been my earnest endeavour , under all these embarrassing circumstances , to maintain the peace of the State , and avert , if possible , from our borders the desolating effects ...
... attempt still bolder and more daring usurpations . " It has been my earnest endeavour , under all these embarrassing circumstances , to maintain the peace of the State , and avert , if possible , from our borders the desolating effects ...
Page 16
... attempts made to invade it from whatever quarter , and by whomsoever made , and that I would thus maintain a strict neutrality in the present unhappy contest , and preserve the peace of the State ; and I further proposed that I would ...
... attempts made to invade it from whatever quarter , and by whomsoever made , and that I would thus maintain a strict neutrality in the present unhappy contest , and preserve the peace of the State ; and I further proposed that I would ...
Page 59
... attempts to amend the character of this cotton have been made : Ameri- can planters and American ' saw - gins ' have been sent over , and American seed has been planted , and the result has been a sensible amelioration in clean- liness ...
... attempts to amend the character of this cotton have been made : Ameri- can planters and American ' saw - gins ' have been sent over , and American seed has been planted , and the result has been a sensible amelioration in clean- liness ...
Page 76
... attempting to force upon them a new system or morality , their piety will be its only reward , and the crown of commercial martyr- dom may be mistaken for a zany's cap . Both the South and West have vast natural re- sources to be ...
... attempting to force upon them a new system or morality , their piety will be its only reward , and the crown of commercial martyr- dom may be mistaken for a zany's cap . Both the South and West have vast natural re- sources to be ...
Page 102
... attempt to restore peace to the Union by means of congressional action failed . The treasonable , high - handed , and most unreasonable attitude of the secession disgusted every moderate and sensible man in Congress , and consequently ...
... attempt to restore peace to the Union by means of congressional action failed . The treasonable , high - handed , and most unreasonable attitude of the secession disgusted every moderate and sensible man in Congress , and consequently ...
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