American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... Convention of Alabama : An Ordinance of Secession , 1861 62. President Jefferson Davis : Principles of the Confederacy , 1861 CHAPTER XI - QUESTION OF COMPROMISE 180 182 186 188 189 63. Thurlow Weed : A Basis of Reconciliation , 1860 ...
... Convention of Alabama : An Ordinance of Secession , 1861 62. President Jefferson Davis : Principles of the Confederacy , 1861 CHAPTER XI - QUESTION OF COMPROMISE 180 182 186 188 189 63. Thurlow Weed : A Basis of Reconciliation , 1860 ...
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... convention of Texas I had ordered an efficient military force to take a position " between the Nueces and the Del Norte . " This had become necessary to meet a threatened invasion of Texas by the Mexican forces , for which extensive ...
... convention of Texas I had ordered an efficient military force to take a position " between the Nueces and the Del Norte . " This had become necessary to meet a threatened invasion of Texas by the Mexican forces , for which extensive ...
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... convention of Texas , had thus taken part in the act of annexation itself , and is now included within one of our Congressional districts . Our own Congress had , moreover , with great unanimity , by the act approved December 31 , 1845 ...
... convention of Texas , had thus taken part in the act of annexation itself , and is now included within one of our Congressional districts . Our own Congress had , moreover , with great unanimity , by the act approved December 31 , 1845 ...
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... convention on the sixth of July , formed a complete fusion into one party , and adopted the name Republican . This action was followed soon after by like movements in the States of Wisconsin and Vermont . convention was held on the ...
... convention on the sixth of July , formed a complete fusion into one party , and adopted the name Republican . This action was followed soon after by like movements in the States of Wisconsin and Vermont . convention was held on the ...
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... Convention of the order was held in Phila- delphia , and at this convention the party was finally disrupted on the issue of slavery , and its errand of mischief henceforward prosecuted by fragmentary and irregular methods ; but even the ...
... Convention of the order was held in Phila- delphia , and at this convention the party was finally disrupted on the issue of slavery , and its errand of mischief henceforward prosecuted by fragmentary and irregular methods ; but even the ...
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