The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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... Slavery .-- An exciting Political Contest . - Election of Buchanan . - Audacious Expressions of Opinion . - Uneasiness of ... Slave Trade . - Alliances with the " Cotton Kingdom . " - Conspirators in high places . - Illegal use of Public ...
... Slavery .-- An exciting Political Contest . - Election of Buchanan . - Audacious Expressions of Opinion . - Uneasiness of ... Slave Trade . - Alliances with the " Cotton Kingdom . " - Conspirators in high places . - Illegal use of Public ...
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... slave States . By artful party combinations , and skillful management of Northern politicians , the partisan leaders of the South for awhile succeeded in their purpose . Texas was annexed at the expense of a war with Mexico , and ...
... slave States . By artful party combinations , and skillful management of Northern politicians , the partisan leaders of the South for awhile succeeded in their purpose . Texas was annexed at the expense of a war with Mexico , and ...
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... slave States would ex- ercise their self - asserted sovereignty , and secede from the Union . This threat , however , deemed but the angry effusion of political contention , or a mere electioneering ruse , was little heeded . Though ...
... slave States would ex- ercise their self - asserted sovereignty , and secede from the Union . This threat , however , deemed but the angry effusion of political contention , or a mere electioneering ruse , was little heeded . Though ...
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... slavery , or to hope from the promotion of commerce , were aroused by the promise of the re - establishment of the slave - trade , by which the Laz- arus of the pine barren would be enabled to count his negroes with the Dives of the ...
... slavery , or to hope from the promotion of commerce , were aroused by the promise of the re - establishment of the slave - trade , by which the Laz- arus of the pine barren would be enabled to count his negroes with the Dives of the ...
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... slave States . In the mean time , the Republican party , with increased strength , was pre- paring to join in the struggle for polit- ical ascendency with renewed hope . Its undoubted power became so mani- fest , that the more impatient ...
... slave States . In the mean time , the Republican party , with increased strength , was pre- paring to join in the struggle for polit- ical ascendency with renewed hope . Its undoubted power became so mani- fest , that the more impatient ...
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