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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Now the only way in which this argument is to be met , is by a direct contradiction
of every part of it . The Southerners did not secede from caprice , but from
reasons which would have justified not only a secession but a rebellion . They
did not ...
Now the only way in which this argument is to be met , is by a direct contradiction
of every part of it . The Southerners did not secede from caprice , but from
reasons which would have justified not only a secession but a rebellion . They
did not ...
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There was , as might have been expected , some opposition to this ; but it was
finally admitted into the Constitution ; and the South had reason to be grateful for
the assistance of those Northern members whose support gave her the majority .
There was , as might have been expected , some opposition to this ; but it was
finally admitted into the Constitution ; and the South had reason to be grateful for
the assistance of those Northern members whose support gave her the majority .
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First , because the same reason , which would make the South feel keenly the
evils of a protective system , would make the North feel them very little ; and ,
secondly , because the opposition to that system , on the part of one section of
the ...
First , because the same reason , which would make the South feel keenly the
evils of a protective system , would make the North feel them very little ; and ,
secondly , because the opposition to that system , on the part of one section of
the ...
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... and with not unnatural , though perhaps somewhat vulgar , notions about the
glorious destinies and ' tarnation bigness of the Union ; and , besides , the North
had her own private reasons for wishing to keep up the connection , as supplying
...
... and with not unnatural , though perhaps somewhat vulgar , notions about the
glorious destinies and ' tarnation bigness of the Union ; and , besides , the North
had her own private reasons for wishing to keep up the connection , as supplying
...
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... and to succeed in impressing such an idea on the mass of citizens of a State ,
with whom selfishness would take the form of patriotism , would be , humanly
speaking , impossible . If there were any real reasons for the sacrifice , they
would ...
... and to succeed in impressing such an idea on the mass of citizens of a State ,
with whom selfishness would take the form of patriotism , would be , humanly
speaking , impossible . If there were any real reasons for the sacrifice , they
would ...
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