The Confederate SecessionWilliam Schomberg Robert KERR (Marquis of Lothian.), William Schomberg Robert Kerr Marquess of Lothian W. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 226 páginas |
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... the minority , alarmed lest their power of exercising wanton tyranny over the
negroes should be taken away from them , have most unjustifiably rebelled ; and
that the Federal Government , being naturally indignant at their attempt at
rebellion ...
... the minority , alarmed lest their power of exercising wanton tyranny over the
negroes should be taken away from them , have most unjustifiably rebelled ; and
that the Federal Government , being naturally indignant at their attempt at
rebellion ...
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And a person who might insist on the inhabitants of the Kanawha Valley being
kept under the Richmond Government whether they wished it or not , might still
think that it was quite open to that Government to separate itself from the Federal
...
And a person who might insist on the inhabitants of the Kanawha Valley being
kept under the Richmond Government whether they wished it or not , might still
think that it was quite open to that Government to separate itself from the Federal
...
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To bring forward excerpts from the Federal Constitution , or from those of the
different States , in support of it , would be alike tedious and unnecessary . I think
that the abundance of proof that exists on this subject has done the Southern
cause ...
To bring forward excerpts from the Federal Constitution , or from those of the
different States , in support of it , would be alike tedious and unnecessary . I think
that the abundance of proof that exists on this subject has done the Southern
cause ...
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At the convention which framed the Federal Constitution , among the various
antagonisms of the different States which were pointed out , this one was
distinguished as the most important of all . Slavery had nothing to do with it , for at
that time ...
At the convention which framed the Federal Constitution , among the various
antagonisms of the different States which were pointed out , this one was
distinguished as the most important of all . Slavery had nothing to do with it , for at
that time ...
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Unfortunately , the system of government which the Convention adopted as the
basis of the Federal Constitution was such as tended directly to aggravate the
opposition . I suppose the ablest of the great band of statesmen who presided
over ...
Unfortunately , the system of government which the Convention adopted as the
basis of the Federal Constitution was such as tended directly to aggravate the
opposition . I suppose the ablest of the great band of statesmen who presided
over ...
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