The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous Failure ... the Political Life of the Author Vindicated. [With a Portrait.]Harper & Bros., 1866 - 402 pages |
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... DISUNION . - Extract from a Speech of Mr. Botts in 1860. - The Union perpetual . - The Demon of Democracy at work , 37-46 . AN IMPORTANT NOTE . - The Confederate States ' Manifesto . - Mr . Rives's great Speech on the Force Bill . - The ...
... DISUNION . - Extract from a Speech of Mr. Botts in 1860. - The Union perpetual . - The Demon of Democracy at work , 37-46 . AN IMPORTANT NOTE . - The Confederate States ' Manifesto . - Mr . Rives's great Speech on the Force Bill . - The ...
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... DISUNION SCHEME OF THE DEMOCRACY . - Prescience of Mr. Botts in Regard to the Designs of the Democratic Party . - Denunciations of him by the Democratic Press and Politicians . — Slavery the Pretext for their revolutionary Efforts to ...
... DISUNION SCHEME OF THE DEMOCRACY . - Prescience of Mr. Botts in Regard to the Designs of the Democratic Party . - Denunciations of him by the Democratic Press and Politicians . — Slavery the Pretext for their revolutionary Efforts to ...
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... Disunion sought by both , the one to get rid of Slavery , the other to regain lost Power , 102-104 . SECESSIONISTS BECOME FILIBUSTERS . - The Expedition to Cuba . - Par- tial Revival of the African Slave - trade . - The Nicaraguan War ...
... Disunion sought by both , the one to get rid of Slavery , the other to regain lost Power , 102-104 . SECESSIONISTS BECOME FILIBUSTERS . - The Expedition to Cuba . - Par- tial Revival of the African Slave - trade . - The Nicaraguan War ...
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... disunion . But be not deceived by names . Disunion by armed force is TREASON . Are you ready to incur its guilt ? If you are , on the heads of the instigators of the act be the dreadful consequences ; on their heads be the dishonor ...
... disunion . But be not deceived by names . Disunion by armed force is TREASON . Are you ready to incur its guilt ? If you are , on the heads of the instigators of the act be the dreadful consequences ; on their heads be the dishonor ...
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... DISUNION . And , in this connection , you will excuse me for giving a short extract from my own speech delivered in Lynchburg in the campaign of 1860. I then said , if all other authori- ty should prove inconclusive , " I still appeal ...
... DISUNION . And , in this connection , you will excuse me for giving a short extract from my own speech delivered in Lynchburg in the campaign of 1860. I then said , if all other authori- ty should prove inconclusive , " I still appeal ...
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