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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... influence against the favorable reception of these proposals by the Legislature . We witnessed , per- sonally , the manner in which these propositions were received in the Senate of the United States . On being reported from the ...
... influence against the favorable reception of these proposals by the Legislature . We witnessed , per- sonally , the manner in which these propositions were received in the Senate of the United States . On being reported from the ...
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... influences of friendship , by the blandishments of the dinner - table , and finally carried away by the wild enthusiasm of midnight revelry . If the Convention had sat in Staunton or Fredericksburg , —anywhere but in Richmond .—— no ...
... influences of friendship , by the blandishments of the dinner - table , and finally carried away by the wild enthusiasm of midnight revelry . If the Convention had sat in Staunton or Fredericksburg , —anywhere but in Richmond .—— no ...
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... influential leader in the movement , but recently a Senator of the United States , wrote and published a letter , hinting to those who might be rash enough to vote against secession , that they must expect to be driven out of the State ...
... influential leader in the movement , but recently a Senator of the United States , wrote and published a letter , hinting to those who might be rash enough to vote against secession , that they must expect to be driven out of the State ...
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... influence . If she has not been happy and prosperous it is sim- ply her own fault . I mean to say , she has no cause whatever to excuse her rebellion against the Union . Yet she revolted ; we may say , gave to the revolution a ...
... influence . If she has not been happy and prosperous it is sim- ply her own fault . I mean to say , she has no cause whatever to excuse her rebellion against the Union . Yet she revolted ; we may say , gave to the revolution a ...
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... influence upon both sections of the country which must ever attend such a war , in the burdens of tax- ation , which must be felt for generations to come ; in the social demoralization of the people at large , the corruption of public ...
... influence upon both sections of the country which must ever attend such a war , in the burdens of tax- ation , which must be felt for generations to come ; in the social demoralization of the people at large , the corruption of public ...
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