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 Southern Partisans . Causes of their Anxiety . - An early Secession Speech of Jefferson Davis . - The Appeals of ...
... Slavery .-- An exciting Political Contest . - Election of Buchanan . - Audacious Expressions of Opinion . - Uneasiness of Southern Partisans . Causes of their Anxiety . - An early Secession Speech of Jefferson Davis . - The Appeals of ...
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... slavery , Kansas , through the efforts of the advocates of free soil , was filled with Northern set- tlers , and became by the votes of its in- habitants a free State . This , however , was not effected without a struggle . The ...
... slavery , Kansas , through the efforts of the advocates of free soil , was filled with Northern set- tlers , and became by the votes of its in- habitants a free State . This , however , was not effected without a struggle . The ...
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... slavery in the abstract and upon principle , sustained and made habitual by long - settled con- victions . While I feel inflexible in the belief that it ought not to be interfered with where it exists under the shield of State ...
... slavery in the abstract and upon principle , sustained and made habitual by long - settled con- victions . While I feel inflexible in the belief that it ought not to be interfered with where it exists under the shield of State ...
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... slavery , which they were determined to accom- plish , at any hazard to the lives and property of the Southern people . The inhabitants of the sea - ports were de- luded with the magnificent prospects of a direct trade with Europe , by ...
... slavery , which they were determined to accom- plish , at any hazard to the lives and property of the Southern people . The inhabitants of the sea - ports were de- luded with the magnificent prospects of a direct trade with Europe , by ...
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... slavery , and by incendiary appeals to excite the people to resist- ance . In South Carolina , the conspira- tors , confident of the sympathy of the misguided people , did not hesitate to declare their rebellious purposes . On the day ...
... slavery , and by incendiary appeals to excite the people to resist- ance . In South Carolina , the conspira- tors , confident of the sympathy of the misguided people , did not hesitate to declare their rebellious purposes . On the day ...
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