The Confederate Cause and Conduct in the War Between the States: As Set Forth in the Reports of the History Committee of the Grand Camp, C.V., of Virginia, and Other Confederate PapersL. H. Jenkins, 1907 - Всего страниц: 229 |
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... house in the land . All that was , or is now , desired is that error and injustice be excluded from the text - books of the schools and from the literature brought into our homes ; that the truth be told , without exaggeration and ...
... house in the land . All that was , or is now , desired is that error and injustice be excluded from the text - books of the schools and from the literature brought into our homes ; that the truth be told , without exaggeration and ...
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... House of Delegates under date of January 25 , 1832 , passed its resolution declaring it " expedient to adopt some legislative enactments for the abolition of slavery " ; and made in that behalf a most vigorous movement , which was ...
... House of Delegates under date of January 25 , 1832 , passed its resolution declaring it " expedient to adopt some legislative enactments for the abolition of slavery " ; and made in that behalf a most vigorous movement , which was ...
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... houses were draped in mourning as for a hero ; the prayers offered ; the sermons and dis- courses pronounced in his honor as for a saint . " Two of Brown's accomplices were fugitives from justice , one in the State of Ohio , and the ...
... houses were draped in mourning as for a hero ; the prayers offered ; the sermons and dis- courses pronounced in his honor as for a saint . " Two of Brown's accomplices were fugitives from justice , one in the State of Ohio , and the ...
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... the Republican ticket , in a speech delivered in the House of Representatives , on the 5th of February , 1861 , uses this language : · " The Abolitionists of the North have constantly warred 54 Official Reports of the.
... the Republican ticket , in a speech delivered in the House of Representatives , on the 5th of February , 1861 , uses this language : · " The Abolitionists of the North have constantly warred 54 Official Reports of the.
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... house on the place , except one negro cabin , was burned to the ground ; all stock and everything else of any value was carried off . The occupants were only women , children and ser- vants ; nearly all the servants were carried off ...
... house on the place , except one negro cabin , was burned to the ground ; all stock and everything else of any value was carried off . The occupants were only women , children and ser- vants ; nearly all the servants were carried off ...
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Стр. 168 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality...
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Стр. 32 - ... if the cotton states shall decide that they can do better out of the Union than in it, we insist on letting them go in peace.
Стр. 8 - Virginia, declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Стр. 76 - Should you capture Charleston, I hope that by some accident the place may be destroyed; and if a little salt should be sown upon its site, it may prevent the growth of future crops of nullification and secession...
Стр. 40 - governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed,' and as established by the war of the Revolution for the people of the States respectively.
Стр. 81 - The Commanding General therefore earnestly exhorts the troops to abstain with most scrupulous care from unnecessary or wanton injury to private property ; and he enjoins upon all officers to arrest and bring to summary punishment all who shall in any way offend against the orders on this subject. RE LEE, General.
Стр. 168 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.
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