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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... whole structure of popular government , that con- stitutes the primal item in the catalogue of crimes which make up the terrible guilt of this rebellion . It is an appeal from the ballot - box to the sword ; a determination to defeat by ...
... whole structure of popular government , that con- stitutes the primal item in the catalogue of crimes which make up the terrible guilt of this rebellion . It is an appeal from the ballot - box to the sword ; a determination to defeat by ...
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... " three - fourths " only of the States is now requisite for amending any part of the Constitution . It is perceived at a glance that these propositions of the ] * Peace Convention made concessions to the whole South in several.
... " three - fourths " only of the States is now requisite for amending any part of the Constitution . It is perceived at a glance that these propositions of the ] * Peace Convention made concessions to the whole South in several.
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... whole South acted , -and it goes beyond the Territories and into the States , -when he says : " The Constitution covers the whole territory of the Union , and throughout that territory has taken slavery under the protection of law ...
... whole South acted , -and it goes beyond the Territories and into the States , -when he says : " The Constitution covers the whole territory of the Union , and throughout that territory has taken slavery under the protection of law ...
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... whole pamphlet , that he deems the South the injured party , and most grievously wronged ; and the chief responsibility is laid at the door of the " Republican party ” which put Mr. Lincoln into office , whose ' attitude " he is led to ...
... whole pamphlet , that he deems the South the injured party , and most grievously wronged ; and the chief responsibility is laid at the door of the " Republican party ” which put Mr. Lincoln into office , whose ' attitude " he is led to ...
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... whole secession movement was planned and conducted in the spirit of headlong revolution and premeditated war . In Ten- nessee the proceeding was even less orderly than in Virginia . In Missouri it was no better . The attempt was made to ...
... whole secession movement was planned and conducted in the spirit of headlong revolution and premeditated war . In Ten- nessee the proceeding was even less orderly than in Virginia . In Missouri it was no better . The attempt was made to ...
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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