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... action for the safety and protection of the state . ” On election day metropolitan newspapers carried a few columns of southern dispatches , most of them reporting a general expec- tation of a Republican victory and an inquiring tone as ...
... action for the safety and protection of the state . ” On election day metropolitan newspapers carried a few columns of southern dispatches , most of them reporting a general expec- tation of a Republican victory and an inquiring tone as ...
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... action for dismemberment of the Union , at least until some act deemed to be violative of our rights shall be done by the incoming Admini- stration . 3 This letter was never made public , whether because Trumbull and his associates ...
... action for dismemberment of the Union , at least until some act deemed to be violative of our rights shall be done by the incoming Admini- stration . 3 This letter was never made public , whether because Trumbull and his associates ...
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... action , to give the Union men of the South a chance to correct these misrepresentations , will yet save the Central States . . . . 1 1 Coercion should be avoided ; 2 the South should be faced down by stopping the mails for a few months ...
... action , to give the Union men of the South a chance to correct these misrepresentations , will yet save the Central States . . . . 1 1 Coercion should be avoided ; 2 the South should be faced down by stopping the mails for a few months ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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