The Life of John J. Crittenden: With Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches, Том 2Ann Mary Butler Crittenden Coleman ("Mrs. Chapman Coleman, ") J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1871 |
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... Union - Letter from A. T. Burnley ........ 250 CHAPTER XV . Invitation from the Board of Aldermen of Boston to visit that City - Thanks of the People of Virginia for his efforts to bring about an Honorable Peace - Invitation to ...
... Union - Letter from A. T. Burnley ........ 250 CHAPTER XV . Invitation from the Board of Aldermen of Boston to visit that City - Thanks of the People of Virginia for his efforts to bring about an Honorable Peace - Invitation to ...
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... Union which makes us brethren . [ Great applause . ] I do not allow my mind to look forward to such a disaster . I will look upon this Union as indissoluble , and as firmly rooted as the mountains of our native land . I will hope so ; I ...
... Union which makes us brethren . [ Great applause . ] I do not allow my mind to look forward to such a disaster . I will look upon this Union as indissoluble , and as firmly rooted as the mountains of our native land . I will hope so ; I ...
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... Union . This last was , with him , the Ark of the Covenant ; and he was ever as ready to peril his own life in its defense as he was to pronounce the doom of a traitor on any one who would dare to touch it with hostile hands . It was ...
... Union . This last was , with him , the Ark of the Covenant ; and he was ever as ready to peril his own life in its defense as he was to pronounce the doom of a traitor on any one who would dare to touch it with hostile hands . It was ...
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... Union on the same footing of the original States ; and , if not , whether any other provision , adapted to her actual condition , ought to be made by law . The motion was agreed to , and a committee of twenty - three members appointed ...
... Union on the same footing of the original States ; and , if not , whether any other provision , adapted to her actual condition , ought to be made by law . The motion was agreed to , and a committee of twenty - three members appointed ...
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... Union as States , to form their constitutions in respect to slavery as they may please , and ought to admit them into the Union whether they have ad- mitted or excluded slavery ; but that question , it seems to me , can scarcely be ...
... Union as States , to form their constitutions in respect to slavery as they may please , and ought to admit them into the Union whether they have ad- mitted or excluded slavery ; but that question , it seems to me , can scarcely be ...
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