... rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right — a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the... The Rebellion Record: June '63-Nov. '63 - Page 298edited by - 1864Full view - About this book
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