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... opinion , the South will have nothing to regret by remaining in the Union . . . . 1 Another newspaper close to Lincoln , the influential Chicago Tribune , treated secession threats as something more to be laughed at than feared . " The ...
... opinion , the South will have nothing to regret by remaining in the Union . . . . 1 Another newspaper close to Lincoln , the influential Chicago Tribune , treated secession threats as something more to be laughed at than feared . " The ...
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... opinion which is the result of much observa- tion and intercourse with all branches of the loose aggregation that calls itself " The Peoples Party . " Distinguished men , able men , men of national reputation have told me . . . that ...
... opinion which is the result of much observa- tion and intercourse with all branches of the loose aggregation that calls itself " The Peoples Party . " Distinguished men , able men , men of national reputation have told me . . . that ...
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... opinion , therefore , that it will be entirely safe for the Free States , who are perfectly united in their attachment to the Union and the Constitution as it is , to abide by that , make no alterations in it , and no com- promise of ...
... opinion , therefore , that it will be entirely safe for the Free States , who are perfectly united in their attachment to the Union and the Constitution as it is , to abide by that , make no alterations in it , and no com- promise of ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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