 The alternative which the North has laid before her people is the subjugation of the South, or what they are pleased to call absolute anarchy. The alternative before us is, the independence of the South or a despotism which will put its iron heel upon...  Camp-fire Stories of the Mississippi Valley Campaign - Page 42by Marie Louise Benton Bankston - 1914 - 171 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Napier Bartlett - Louisiana - 1874 - 652 pages
...before us is subjugation and absolute anarchy— a despotism which will put its iron heel upon all that the human heart holds most dear. The mighty issue...you to play, and when we hear the thunders of your cannon echoing from the mountain passes of Virginia will understand that you mean in the language of... | |
 | Thomas Cary Johnson - Massachusetts - 1906 - 726 pages
...South or a despotism which will put its iron heel upon all that the human heart can hold dear. This mighty issue is to be submitted to the ordeal of battle,...spectators, and with the God of heaven as umpire. The theater appointed for the struggle is the soil of Virginia, beneath the shadow of her own Alleghanies.... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1862 - 728 pages
...South or a despotism which will put its iron heel upon all ' that the human heart can hold dear. This mighty issue is to be submitted to the ordeal of battle,...spectators, and with the God of Heaven as umpire. The theatre appointed for the struggle is the soil of Virginia, beneath the shadow of her own Alleghanies.... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1861 - 674 pages
...South or a despotism which will put its iron heel upon all that the human heart can hold dear. This mighty issue is to be submitted to the ordeal of battle,...spectators, and with the God of Heaven as umpire. The theatre appointed for the struggle is the soil of Virginia, beneath the shadow of her own Alleghanies.... | |
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