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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... master . respectable , honorable , a necessity , divine . It had no It was traceable origin ; it had always existed . It was sanctioned by the law of nature , by the consent of all times and all peoples , and by the law of God . It had ...
... master . respectable , honorable , a necessity , divine . It had no It was traceable origin ; it had always existed . It was sanctioned by the law of nature , by the consent of all times and all peoples , and by the law of God . It had ...
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... master . *** In one word , the immediate effect of the wider dispersion of a given number of slaves is , to elevate and fit them for freedom , and to secure for them that boon , in the surest and safest man- ner . *** As a question of ...
... master . *** In one word , the immediate effect of the wider dispersion of a given number of slaves is , to elevate and fit them for freedom , and to secure for them that boon , in the surest and safest man- ner . *** As a question of ...
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... long ago established with the South its subserviency and fidelity , it held its position undisputed . No slave was ever more obedient to his master . This was seen in its conventions , in its platforms , in its primary meetings , upon.
... long ago established with the South its subserviency and fidelity , it held its position undisputed . No slave was ever more obedient to his master . This was seen in its conventions , in its platforms , in its primary meetings , upon.
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... master , is to remand him to the jurisdiction of the laws from which he has escaped . They have nothing to do with the justice or injustice of the laws themselves . -Fast - Day Sermon , Nov. 21 , 1860 . We have no complaint to make of ...
... master , is to remand him to the jurisdiction of the laws from which he has escaped . They have nothing to do with the justice or injustice of the laws themselves . -Fast - Day Sermon , Nov. 21 , 1860 . We have no complaint to make of ...
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... masters . We have seen them rejoice at the cradle of the infant , and weep at the bier of the dead ; and there are few amongst us , perhaps , who have not drawn their nourishment from their generous breasts . " - ( Fast - Day Sermon ...
... masters . We have seen them rejoice at the cradle of the infant , and weep at the bier of the dead ; and there are few amongst us , perhaps , who have not drawn their nourishment from their generous breasts . " - ( Fast - Day Sermon ...
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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