The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 1 |
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Page 78
... question , with a solicitude for the event far be- yond what a common occasion coud inspire . " 13 The House Committee , of course , reported the bill without restriction , and it came up as a special order . 13 Mr. Taylor moved its ...
... question , with a solicitude for the event far be- yond what a common occasion coud inspire . " 13 The House Committee , of course , reported the bill without restriction , and it came up as a special order . 13 Mr. Taylor moved its ...
Page 87
... question would still be answered , and conclusively answered , by the Constitu- tion itself . While the gentleman is ... questions ; and , secondly , because , if the Constitution be regarded as a compact , not one State only , but all ...
... question would still be answered , and conclusively answered , by the Constitu- tion itself . While the gentleman is ... questions ; and , secondly , because , if the Constitution be regarded as a compact , not one State only , but all ...
Page 104
... question to be decided was persisted in through several pages of the Message . Says the President : " Actuated by this view of the subject , I informed the Indians inhabiting parts of Georgia and Alabama that their attempt to ESTABLISH ...
... question to be decided was persisted in through several pages of the Message . Says the President : " Actuated by this view of the subject , I informed the Indians inhabiting parts of Georgia and Alabama that their attempt to ESTABLISH ...
Page 110
... question , Gen- eral Robert B. Taylor , of Norfolk , an | advocate of the White Basis , resigned , and his seat was filled by Hugh B. Grigsby , of opposite views . At length , the Convention came to a vote , on the proposition of a Mr ...
... question , Gen- eral Robert B. Taylor , of Norfolk , an | advocate of the White Basis , resigned , and his seat was filled by Hugh B. Grigsby , of opposite views . At length , the Convention came to a vote , on the proposition of a Mr ...
Page 111
... question before the Virginia convention is , the perpetual duration of negro slavery , or the increase of a generous and free white population . " In 1849 , when Kentucky revised her State Constitution , Henry Clay formally renewed the ...
... question before the Virginia convention is , the perpetual duration of negro slavery , or the increase of a generous and free white population . " In 1849 , when Kentucky revised her State Constitution , Henry Clay formally renewed the ...
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