The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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... eral Government ? By no means . The right of resistance on the part of the governed against the oppression of their governments can not be denied . It ex- ists independently of all constitutions , and has been exercised at all periods ...
... eral Government ? By no means . The right of resistance on the part of the governed against the oppression of their governments can not be denied . It ex- ists independently of all constitutions , and has been exercised at all periods ...
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... eral States the remedy for existing evils , which the Constitution has itself provided for its own preservation . This has been tried at different critical pe- riods of our history , and always with eminent success . It is to be found ...
... eral States the remedy for existing evils , which the Constitution has itself provided for its own preservation . This has been tried at different critical pe- riods of our history , and always with eminent success . It is to be found ...
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... eral officer from one Federal fort to an- other an act of war . " Major Robert Anderson , United States army , " wrote a journalist , " has achieved the unen- viable distinction of opening civil war between American citizens by an act ...
... eral officer from one Federal fort to an- other an act of war . " Major Robert Anderson , United States army , " wrote a journalist , " has achieved the unen- viable distinction of opening civil war between American citizens by an act ...
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... eral offerings of aid . Georgia , Alabama , and even North Carolina , tendered the services of troops . At the North , public attention had been diverted for a time from South Carolina by exciting events occurring nearer home , which ...
... eral offerings of aid . Georgia , Alabama , and even North Carolina , tendered the services of troops . At the North , public attention had been diverted for a time from South Carolina by exciting events occurring nearer home , which ...
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... eral advantage , and a future of good- will and harmony , beneficial to all the parties concerned . " But the events of the last twenty - four hours render such an assurance impossi- ble . We came here the representatives of an ...
... eral advantage , and a future of good- will and harmony , beneficial to all the parties concerned . " But the events of the last twenty - four hours render such an assurance impossi- ble . We came here the representatives of an ...
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