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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... I thought it impossible that reasonable men , consulting together coolly , could fail , by some mutual sacrifice of opinion , to form a compromise which would save the Union . The discussion took place . I BARGAIN IN CONGRESS . 37.
... I thought it impossible that reasonable men , consulting together coolly , could fail , by some mutual sacrifice of opinion , to form a compromise which would save the Union . The discussion took place . I BARGAIN IN CONGRESS . 37.
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... opinion , were the owners ' best safeguards . Public opinion was against the abduction of slaves ; and , if any one was seduced from his owner , it was done fur- tively and secretly , without show or force , and as any other moral ...
... opinion , were the owners ' best safeguards . Public opinion was against the abduction of slaves ; and , if any one was seduced from his owner , it was done fur- tively and secretly , without show or force , and as any other moral ...
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... opinion and sectional feelings existed of a dangerous character , and that Washington was urged to accept of the Presidency a second time , in order to prevent " violence and secession . " Allusion is also made to the large construction ...
... opinion and sectional feelings existed of a dangerous character , and that Washington was urged to accept of the Presidency a second time , in order to prevent " violence and secession . " Allusion is also made to the large construction ...
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... opinion in Congress , and in the cabinet , as to the construction to be given to the Constitution , in its application to the purposes for which it was framed . Alexander Hamilton , Secretary of the Treasury , the leading spirit in the ...
... opinion in Congress , and in the cabinet , as to the construction to be given to the Constitution , in its application to the purposes for which it was framed . Alexander Hamilton , Secretary of the Treasury , the leading spirit in the ...
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... the two nations was , to some extent , the ground of sectional difference of opinion , the leaders of the opposition being prin- cipally in the Southern States . CHAPTER IV . MR . JOHN ADAMS ' ADMINISTRATION . REMARKS . 43.
... the two nations was , to some extent , the ground of sectional difference of opinion , the leaders of the opposition being prin- cipally in the Southern States . CHAPTER IV . MR . JOHN ADAMS ' ADMINISTRATION . REMARKS . 43.
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