D

OF

THE BARONS OF THE SOUTH;

OR,

THE RATIONALE OF THE AMERICAN CONFLICT.

By E. W. REYNOLDS,

AUTHOR OF "THE RECORDS OF BUBBLETON PARISH," ETC., ETC.

"All our misfortunes arise from a single source, the resistance of the Southern Colo-
nies to Republican Government. .... Popular principles and axioms are abhorrent to
the inclinations of the Barons of the South." - JOHN ADAMS in 1776.

BOSTON:

WALKER, WISE, AND COMPANY,
245 WASHINGTON STREET.

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1862, Mar. 10

Gift of

Rev. Andrew P. Peabody-
of Cambridge-
(blass of 1826.)

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by

WALKER, WISE, AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CAMBRIDGE:

WELCH, BIGELOW, AND COMPANY,
PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

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THE JUST MEN AND WOMEN OF MY COUNTRY,

WHO,

LOYAL TO LIBERTY IN ITS DARKEST HOUR,

HAVE SOUGHT THE TRUE GLORY OF THE REPUBLIC, BY VINDICATING THE RIGHTS OF HUMANITY IN THE PERSONS

OF THE LOWLIEST IN THE LAND;

AND WHO SEE,

BEYOND THE CARNIVAL OF BATTLE,

A RACE REDEEMED, AND A NATION RENOVATED,

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WITH GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR SERVICES, AND
PROFOUND RESPECT FOR THEIR VIRTUES.