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... cause . ( Applause ) I rejoice with you in the success which has thus far attended that cause . ( Applause ) Yet in all our re- joicings let us neither express nor cherish any hard feelings toward any citizen who by his vote has ...
... cause . ( Applause ) I rejoice with you in the success which has thus far attended that cause . ( Applause ) Yet in all our re- joicings let us neither express nor cherish any hard feelings toward any citizen who by his vote has ...
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... cause will be given for such a course , & I can hardly suppose a state will undertake to secede without a cause . If one does . . . she must take the conse- quences . " 1 A few days later Gideon Welles gave his views on the crisis ...
... cause will be given for such a course , & I can hardly suppose a state will undertake to secede without a cause . If one does . . . she must take the conse- quences . " 1 A few days later Gideon Welles gave his views on the crisis ...
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... cause of the Union and the Constitution , and not with one man . . . . In a community like this , whose appearance testifies to their intelligence , I am con- vinced that the cause of liberty and Union can never be in danger . " In ...
... cause of the Union and the Constitution , and not with one man . . . . In a community like this , whose appearance testifies to their intelligence , I am con- vinced that the cause of liberty and Union can never be in danger . " In ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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