Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... North and South 133 Alexander H. Stephens 135 Separate as Billows , but One as the Sea 136 Robert Toombs 138 The Creed of Secession 139 Charles Sumner 141 The True Grandeur of Nations 142 William H. Seward • 145 America's True Greatness ...
... North and South 133 Alexander H. Stephens 135 Separate as Billows , but One as the Sea 136 Robert Toombs 138 The Creed of Secession 139 Charles Sumner 141 The True Grandeur of Nations 142 William H. Seward • 145 America's True Greatness ...
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... north , will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be ...
... north , will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be ...
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... North Carolina ( Mr. Macon ) told us , that he preferred three years of embargo to a war . And the gentleman from Virginia ( Mr. Clopton ) said expressly , that he hoped we should never allow our vessels to go upon the ocean again ...
... North Carolina ( Mr. Macon ) told us , that he preferred three years of embargo to a war . And the gentleman from Virginia ( Mr. Clopton ) said expressly , that he hoped we should never allow our vessels to go upon the ocean again ...
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... North was as nothing . I speak with knowledge of what I say , when I declare that this bill is an attempt to reduce the country south of Mason and Dixon's line , and east of the Alleghany mountains , to a state of worse than colonial ...
... North was as nothing . I speak with knowledge of what I say , when I declare that this bill is an attempt to reduce the country south of Mason and Dixon's line , and east of the Alleghany mountains , to a state of worse than colonial ...
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... north and east of the James River , and all west of the mountains , including Louisiana , are deeply interested in the preservation of that system , would they be reconciled to its over- throw ? Can it be expected that two - thirds , if ...
... north and east of the James River , and all west of the mountains , including Louisiana , are deeply interested in the preservation of that system , would they be reconciled to its over- throw ? Can it be expected that two - thirds , if ...
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