War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis: Consisting of Observations Upon the Causes, Course, and Consequences of the Late Civil War in the United StatesHarper & Brothers, 1866 - 440 strani |
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Stran 23
... hold Daniel Webster to have been far better entitled to this swelling appellation than was the famed Pericles of old to that of " the Olympian , " which his im- aginative countrymen are known to have bestowed on him . Years rolled away ...
... hold Daniel Webster to have been far better entitled to this swelling appellation than was the famed Pericles of old to that of " the Olympian , " which his im- aginative countrymen are known to have bestowed on him . Years rolled away ...
Stran 38
... hold it at the time when this Constitution was adopt- ed ? It will be found , sir , if we will carry ourselves by historical research back to that day , and ascertain men's opinions by authentic records still existing among us , that ...
... hold it at the time when this Constitution was adopt- ed ? It will be found , sir , if we will carry ourselves by historical research back to that day , and ascertain men's opinions by authentic records still existing among us , that ...
Stran 59
... hold it to have been most fortunate circumstance for our coun- try's welfare that a few of those experienced and gifted statesmen who had been prominently instrumental in saving the republic from menaced overthrow in 1819 lingered still ...
... hold it to have been most fortunate circumstance for our coun- try's welfare that a few of those experienced and gifted statesmen who had been prominently instrumental in saving the republic from menaced overthrow in 1819 lingered still ...
Stran 84
... hold a meeting for consultation purposes , which meeting appointed a committee to draft a suitable address to the people of the South . This address was drawn up by Mr. Calhoun , was exceedingly calm and decorous in its tone , indulged ...
... hold a meeting for consultation purposes , which meeting appointed a committee to draft a suitable address to the people of the South . This address was drawn up by Mr. Calhoun , was exceedingly calm and decorous in its tone , indulged ...
Stran 124
... holds them in their spheres . " Early one morning at this troublous crisis , General Lewis Cass , ever vigilant and active when the interests of the country demanded that he should be watching . and laboring for its welfare , visited me ...
... holds them in their spheres . " Early one morning at this troublous crisis , General Lewis Cass , ever vigilant and active when the interests of the country demanded that he should be watching . and laboring for its welfare , visited me ...
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