The Church and the Rebellion: A Consideration of the Rebellion Against the Government of the United States; and the Agency of the Church, North and South, in Relation Thereto |
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... forces of such gigantic mag- nitude , that the world stands appalled at the spectacle it presents . In any proper consideration of the subject , the logical order brings us first to look at the character of the rebel- lion . It has ...
... forces of such gigantic mag- nitude , that the world stands appalled at the spectacle it presents . In any proper consideration of the subject , the logical order brings us first to look at the character of the rebel- lion . It has ...
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... force of the soil of any State or Territory , no matter under what pretext , as among the grossest of crimes . ' I now reiterate these sentiments ; and in doing so I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of ...
... force of the soil of any State or Territory , no matter under what pretext , as among the grossest of crimes . ' I now reiterate these sentiments ; and in doing so I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of ...
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... force , and that Congress therefore cannot prohibit but is bound necessarily " to protect " it there by positive law , is a modern notion - very modern . And yet , this question of slavery in the Territories was made a chief element in ...
... force , and that Congress therefore cannot prohibit but is bound necessarily " to protect " it there by positive law , is a modern notion - very modern . And yet , this question of slavery in the Territories was made a chief element in ...
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... force stationed at the polls , and the refractory people mastered and quelled into silence . Union men were threatened in their lives if they should dare to vote against the ordinance ; and an influential leader in the movement , but ...
... force stationed at the polls , and the refractory people mastered and quelled into silence . Union men were threatened in their lives if they should dare to vote against the ordinance ; and an influential leader in the movement , but ...
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... force ; and then they were told , accord- ing to the improved theory of State rights , that whenever a majority of a State had resolved to commit treason , the minority were bound not only to submit , but to share the sin and shame ...
... force ; and then they were told , accord- ing to the improved theory of State rights , that whenever a majority of a State had resolved to commit treason , the minority were bound not only to submit , but to share the sin and shame ...
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abolitionism abolitionists action Address admit army Assembly authority Breckinridge cause character charge Christian civil claim condemnation Confederate Congress Constitution Convention course Decalogue declared deemed defend disloyalty divine doctrine duty election emancipation existed fact favor Fort Sumter give God's Government ground human institution issue judgment Justinian Code Kentucky labor Law of Nature laws of war leaders liberty loyal master ment ministers moral nation negro slavery North Northern opinion ordinance ordinance of secession paper party peace persons political position Presbyterian Church present President principles question reason rebel rebellion referred regard relation religious responsibility revolution sanction Scriptures seceded secession sentiment slave codes slave-trade slaveholding slaves South Carolina Southern Church statesmen STUART ROBINSON sustained Synod taken territory testimony thing Thomas R. R. Cobb Thornwell tion treason True Presbyterian Union Union armies United utter whole word