Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 445
... hearers , at the risk even of calling your attention to what might seem otherwise too elementary , I propose to BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PAGE Character and Results of the War (Delivered New York City, April 2, 1863) ·
... hearers , at the risk even of calling your attention to what might seem otherwise too elementary , I propose to BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PAGE Character and Results of the War (Delivered New York City, April 2, 1863) ·
Page 446
... propose to run down through the history of the contest , to see what it is that agitates the whole country at this day and this hour . That we are in the midst of a civil commotion all know . But what is the commotion ? Is it a riot ...
... propose to run down through the history of the contest , to see what it is that agitates the whole country at this day and this hour . That we are in the midst of a civil commotion all know . But what is the commotion ? Is it a riot ...
Page 458
... propose , in order to obtain such knowledge , is , What is it that has endangered the Union ? To this question there can be but one answer : that the immediate cause is , the almost universal discontent which pervades all the states ...
... propose , in order to obtain such knowledge , is , What is it that has endangered the Union ? To this question there can be but one answer : that the immediate cause is , the almost universal discontent which pervades all the states ...
Page 462
... propose to bestow upon each of these , in the order they stand , a few remarks , with the view of showing that it is owing to the action of this government that the equilib- rium between the two sections has been destroyed , and the ...
... propose to bestow upon each of these , in the order they stand , a few remarks , with the view of showing that it is owing to the action of this government that the equilib- rium between the two sections has been destroyed , and the ...
Page 468
... proposed - a position in Congress , from which the agitation could be extended over the whole Union . This was the commencement of the agitation , which has ever since continued , and which , as it is now acknowledged , has endangered ...
... proposed - a position in Congress , from which the agitation could be extended over the whole Union . This was the commencement of the agitation , which has ever since continued , and which , as it is now acknowledged , has endangered ...
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