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 natural result of this was that the public men whom the South produced were
, as a body , superior to those of the North . This gave them an influence more
than proportional to their numbers . But in the particular matters which were the ...
The natural result of this was that the public men whom the South produced were
, as a body , superior to those of the North . This gave them an influence more
than proportional to their numbers . But in the particular matters which were the ...
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As regularly as the Presidential elections came round — that is to say , every four
years — the tariffs ( not on indigo , but on what the North produced ) were raised ,
in fulfilment of pledges given to buy Northern votes . At last , in 1828 , when ...
As regularly as the Presidential elections came round — that is to say , every four
years — the tariffs ( not on indigo , but on what the North produced ) were raised ,
in fulfilment of pledges given to buy Northern votes . At last , in 1828 , when ...
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... secede from this Union under any circumstances , " they would still have been
justified in doing so . * Far less provocation had produced the rising which their
Northern oppressors celebrated every 4th of July with a carnival of bombast , and
...
... secede from this Union under any circumstances , " they would still have been
justified in doing so . * Far less provocation had produced the rising which their
Northern oppressors celebrated every 4th of July with a carnival of bombast , and
...
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Clay was no less fitted to be the mediator than Kentucky was to have produced
the mediator . Along with Webster and Calhoun , he ranks on the foremost line of
American statesmen of that time , or indeed of any time , - certainly not inferior to
...
Clay was no less fitted to be the mediator than Kentucky was to have produced
the mediator . Along with Webster and Calhoun , he ranks on the foremost line of
American statesmen of that time , or indeed of any time , - certainly not inferior to
...
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own devising , which would cap the wildest absurdities that could be produced by
France or Germany . From Communism to Bloomerism , there was nothing that
they did not try , — founding communities in different parts of the country in order
...
own devising , which would cap the wildest absurdities that could be produced by
France or Germany . From Communism to Bloomerism , there was nothing that
they did not try , — founding communities in different parts of the country in order
...
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