The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2Hurlbut, Williams, 1863 - 506 pages |
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... seemed to make a final disposition of it ; for no one proposed to interfere with slavery in the states where it existed . the tide of emigration , rolling westward , peopling with mar- vellous rapidity our wild territory , soon revealed ...
... seemed to make a final disposition of it ; for no one proposed to interfere with slavery in the states where it existed . the tide of emigration , rolling westward , peopling with mar- vellous rapidity our wild territory , soon revealed ...
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... , and election of Mr. Buchanan , and all imme- diate danger of a disruption of the Union seemed to be over . It would have been , but for some few southern conspirators , 38 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY . who for many years had.
... , and election of Mr. Buchanan , and all imme- diate danger of a disruption of the Union seemed to be over . It would have been , but for some few southern conspirators , 38 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY . who for many years had.
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... seemed nothing to contend for but political suprem- acy , for its own sake . The southern conspirators were perfectly aware of this , and knew that if the southern states went together in a solid body , they could carry enough north ...
... seemed nothing to contend for but political suprem- acy , for its own sake . The southern conspirators were perfectly aware of this , and knew that if the southern states went together in a solid body , they could carry enough north ...
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... seemed close akin to madness , and laughed at the fears and warnings of statesmen , whom they stigmatized as " Union savers . " Yet they hesitated when they stood on the brink of the yawning abyss , whose mysterious depths , not ...
... seemed close akin to madness , and laughed at the fears and warnings of statesmen , whom they stigmatized as " Union savers . " Yet they hesitated when they stood on the brink of the yawning abyss , whose mysterious depths , not ...
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... seemed crumbling to atoms . Buchanan having surrounded himself with southern advisers , and lacking both the firmness and resolution neces- sary to a chief executive in such trying circumstances , vacil- lated , temporised and delayed ...
... seemed crumbling to atoms . Buchanan having surrounded himself with southern advisers , and lacking both the firmness and resolution neces- sary to a chief executive in such trying circumstances , vacil- lated , temporised and delayed ...
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Page 54 - I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect and defend it.' I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 492 - ... that all prisoners, of whatever arm of service, are to be exchanged or paroled in ten days from the time of their capture, if it be practicable to transfer them to their own lines in that time; if not, as soon thereafter as practicable; fourth, that no officer, soldier or employee, in the service of either party, is to be considered as...
Page 317 - Resolved, That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 36 - Western : whence designing men may endeavour to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You...
Page 56 - But our plan is for the Southern States to withdraw from the Union for the present, to allow amendments to the Constitution to be made, guaranteeing our just rights ; and if the Northern States will not make those amendments, by which these rights shall be secured to us. then we must secure them the best way we can. This question of slavery must be settled now, or never.
Page 492 - ... and there exchanged or paroled until such exchange can be effected, notice being previously given by each party of the number of prisoners it will send, and the time when they will be delivered at those points respectively; and in case the vicissitudes of war shall change the military relations of the places designated in this article to the contending parties so as to render the same inconvenient for the delivery and exchange of prisoners, other places, bearing as nearly as may be the present...
Page 361 - All right, sir: I report myself on board," coolly took up his old station. Though a boy, he had an old head on his shoulders, and, if he lives and is given an opportunity, will be heard from in the future.
Page 464 - I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them, — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas.
Page 490 - Prisoners to be exchanged man for man and officer for officer; privateers to be placed upon the footing of officers and men of the Navy. Men and officers of lower grades may be exchanged for officers of a higher grade...
Page 492 - Virginia, or to Vicksburg, on the Mississippi river, in the State of Mississippi, and there exchanged, or paroled until such exchange can be effected, notice being previously given by each party of the number of prisoners it will send, and the time when they will be delivered at those points respectively ; and in case the vicissitudes of war shall change the military relations of the places designated in this article to the contending parties, so as to render the same inconvenient for the delivery...