The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 1T. Belknap, 1874 |
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Page 39
... rebellion , for the sake of perpetuating human Slavery . Their speeches , and sermons , and recorded acts are full of evidence that the CHURCH , in the broad meaning of that term , had become horribly corrupted by the Slave system , and ...
... rebellion , for the sake of perpetuating human Slavery . Their speeches , and sermons , and recorded acts are full of evidence that the CHURCH , in the broad meaning of that term , had become horribly corrupted by the Slave system , and ...
Page 40
... rebellion . " Commenting on these actions of the politicians , President Lincoln said : — " At the beginning , they knew they would never raise their treason to any respectable magnitude by any name which implies violation of law . They ...
... rebellion . " Commenting on these actions of the politicians , President Lincoln said : — " At the beginning , they knew they would never raise their treason to any respectable magnitude by any name which implies violation of law . They ...
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... rebellion . But they did not wait . They conferred secretly , on the subject of disunion , with politicians in other Slave - labor States , and finally took open action in the old State House at Columbia . The lower House of the South ...
... rebellion . But they did not wait . They conferred secretly , on the subject of disunion , with politicians in other Slave - labor States , and finally took open action in the old State House at Columbia . The lower House of the South ...
Contents
VIEW OF CHARLESTON IN 1860 | 18 |
METROPOLITAN HALL | 24 |
PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON HUNT | 31 |
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