Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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Page 163
... Republicans were not abolitionists ) , and it distinctly accepted the theory that slaves are property . As to states ' rights , the Republican platform conceded , " The inviolable rights of each state to order and control its own ...
... Republicans were not abolitionists ) , and it distinctly accepted the theory that slaves are property . As to states ' rights , the Republican platform conceded , " The inviolable rights of each state to order and control its own ...
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... Republicans , and could have won if their whole strength had centered on Douglas . It is plainly evident , from a ... Republican view of things . I say " seems , " for his statement of the matter is so loose and vague that it is ...
... Republicans , and could have won if their whole strength had centered on Douglas . It is plainly evident , from a ... Republican view of things . I say " seems , " for his statement of the matter is so loose and vague that it is ...
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... Republican stand- point , and considering the probability that the Southern dele- gations would be solidly Democratic . The Southern Democrats , combined with those of the North and a few liberal Republicans , might upset all the ...
... Republican stand- point , and considering the probability that the Southern dele- gations would be solidly Democratic . The Southern Democrats , combined with those of the North and a few liberal Republicans , might upset all the ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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