The Sectional Controversy: Or, Passages in the Political History of the United States, Including the Causes of the War Between the Sections, with Certain ResultsC. Scribner, 1868 - 388 Seiten |
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... forts , magazines , light - houses , and other real estate , with their appurtenances , in the limits of South ... Fort Sumter . At the close of the letter they say : " And in conclusion , we would urge upon you the withdrawal of ...
... forts , magazines , light - houses , and other real estate , with their appurtenances , in the limits of South ... Fort Sumter . At the close of the letter they say : " And in conclusion , we would urge upon you the withdrawal of ...
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... Fort Sumter , the stronger fort , having spiked the guns in Fort Moultrie , and burnt the carriages . This was a hostile act , or at least must " be construed into the assumption of a hostile attitude . " In thus acting beyond his ...
... Fort Sumter , the stronger fort , having spiked the guns in Fort Moultrie , and burnt the carriages . This was a hostile act , or at least must " be construed into the assumption of a hostile attitude . " In thus acting beyond his ...
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... Fort Sumter by forci- ble means , if necessary , are viewed by the undersigned , and can only be received by the world as a declaration of war against the Confederate States ; for the President of the United States knows that Fort ...
... Fort Sumter by forci- ble means , if necessary , are viewed by the undersigned , and can only be received by the world as a declaration of war against the Confederate States ; for the President of the United States knows that Fort ...
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... Fort Sumter , as a military necessity - the United States having no use for the fort as against a foreign enemy ; Mr. SEWARD encouraged the idea , and had declared that it would be evacuated ; the country at large , namely , the people ...
... Fort Sumter , as a military necessity - the United States having no use for the fort as against a foreign enemy ; Mr. SEWARD encouraged the idea , and had declared that it would be evacuated ; the country at large , namely , the people ...
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... Fort Sumter will be evacuated in the next ten days . And this measure is felt as imposing great responsibility on the Admin- istration . " I feel entire confidence that no measure changing the existing status , prejudiciously to the ...
... Fort Sumter will be evacuated in the next ten days . And this measure is felt as imposing great responsibility on the Admin- istration . " I feel entire confidence that no measure changing the existing status , prejudiciously to the ...
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