Causes of the Civil War, 1859-1861, Volume 19Harper & brothers, 1906 - 372 pages |
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Page 13
... the supposed self - interest which its view of the Constitution protected . Its section , its society , could not continue to develop in the Union under the northern reading of the document , and the irre- 1833 ] 13 SOUTHERN ...
... the supposed self - interest which its view of the Constitution protected . Its section , its society , could not continue to develop in the Union under the northern reading of the document , and the irre- 1833 ] 13 SOUTHERN ...
Page 14
... northern part of the Union it- self had but little reflex action in the South because of slavery and the South's consequent segregation and tendency to a feudalistic nationalization . As pointed out by one , himself a distinguished son ...
... northern part of the Union it- self had but little reflex action in the South because of slavery and the South's consequent segregation and tendency to a feudalistic nationalization . As pointed out by one , himself a distinguished son ...
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... northern increase in the decade was 5,598,603 , or 41.16 per cent . The population of the South was thus but little more than two - fifths that of the North . Calhoun foresaw , as did others , that if a struggle was to come it should ...
... northern increase in the decade was 5,598,603 , or 41.16 per cent . The population of the South was thus but little more than two - fifths that of the North . Calhoun foresaw , as did others , that if a struggle was to come it should ...
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... northern part of West Virginia into Georgia and Alabama , a great bay of mountain and valley reaching into the heart of the South , a region in which there are thirty - seven peaks higher than Mount Washington , there dwell to - day ...
... northern part of West Virginia into Georgia and Alabama , a great bay of mountain and valley reaching into the heart of the South , a region in which there are thirty - seven peaks higher than Mount Washington , there dwell to - day ...
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... northern farmer than did cotton , sugar , and tobacco combined to his fellow - farmer of the South . - There was a like great difference in the manu- factures of the two sections . Taking the more im- portant industries in the two ...
... northern farmer than did cotton , sugar , and tobacco combined to his fellow - farmer of the South . - There was a like great difference in the manu- factures of the two sections . Taking the more im- portant industries in the two ...
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