Great Speeches of Col. R.G. IngersollRhodes & McClure publishing Company, 1897 - 449 pages |
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... tion and colonization — a scheme by which the owners of slaves should be paid the full value of what they called their " property . " He called attention to the fact that he had adhered to the act of Congress to confiscate property used ...
... tion and colonization — a scheme by which the owners of slaves should be paid the full value of what they called their " property . " He called attention to the fact that he had adhered to the act of Congress to confiscate property used ...
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... tion of Emancipation was issued . The Extreme Democrat of the North was fearful that slavery might be destroyed , that the Constitution might be broken ; and that Lincoln , after all , could not be trusted ; and at the same time the ...
... tion of Emancipation was issued . The Extreme Democrat of the North was fearful that slavery might be destroyed , that the Constitution might be broken ; and that Lincoln , after all , could not be trusted ; and at the same time the ...
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... tion of the American Union by force attainable . It was also declared that the North was fighting for empire and the South for independence . The Marquis of Salisbury said : " The people of the South are the natural allies of England ...
... tion of the American Union by force attainable . It was also declared that the North was fighting for empire and the South for independence . The Marquis of Salisbury said : " The people of the South are the natural allies of England ...
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... tion after question arose - questions that could not be answered by theories . Should we hand back the slave to his master , when the master was using his slave to destroy the Union ? If the South was right , slaves were property , and ...
... tion after question arose - questions that could not be answered by theories . Should we hand back the slave to his master , when the master was using his slave to destroy the Union ? If the South was right , slaves were property , and ...
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... tion — that he was a natural strategist , that he appreciated the difficulties and advantages of every kind , and that in " the still and mental " field of war he stood the peer of any man beneath the flag . Had McClellan followed his ...
... tion — that he was a natural strategist , that he appreciated the difficulties and advantages of every kind , and that in " the still and mental " field of war he stood the peer of any man beneath the flag . Had McClellan followed his ...
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