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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... to work these off , and have leisure for governing for a few years , so as to
promote the general welfare , even if he does not do his best to make things
worse by intriguing with either faction , with the object of securing his own re -
election .
... to work these off , and have leisure for governing for a few years , so as to
promote the general welfare , even if he does not do his best to make things
worse by intriguing with either faction , with the object of securing his own re -
election .
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It has not been always that that party has been most deserving of sympathy . Few
in this country would be disposed to take the part of the Virginian Democrat
Jefferson against the New York Federalist Hamilton . But things are different now
.
It has not been always that that party has been most deserving of sympathy . Few
in this country would be disposed to take the part of the Virginian Democrat
Jefferson against the New York Federalist Hamilton . But things are different now
.
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For a long time things went on , not very well , but passably . The South and its
allies got the honour of governing . The North got the dollars . The Southerners
managed the foreign policy , carried through the successful war with Mexico , and
...
For a long time things went on , not very well , but passably . The South and its
allies got the honour of governing . The North got the dollars . The Southerners
managed the foreign policy , carried through the successful war with Mexico , and
...
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As things actually stand , it is almost certain to go wrong ; for the people move like
sheep in the way pointed out by their party conventions , and those conventions
are completely in the hands of the professional traders in politics .
As things actually stand , it is almost certain to go wrong ; for the people move like
sheep in the way pointed out by their party conventions , and those conventions
are completely in the hands of the professional traders in politics .
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One of the articles of the new Constitution of the Southern Confederacy has been
devised in order to obviate the possibility of such a state of things . But if the
caucusmongers are to be bought , they must have something to sell ; and if they
are ...
One of the articles of the new Constitution of the Southern Confederacy has been
devised in order to obviate the possibility of such a state of things . But if the
caucusmongers are to be bought , they must have something to sell ; and if they
are ...
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