Speeches, Correspondence, Etc., of the Late Daniel S. Dickinson of New York: Including: Addresses on Important Public Topics: Speeches in the State and United States Senate, and in Support of the Government During the Rebellion; Correspondence, Private and Political (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Dickinson), Poems (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Mygatt), Etc, Volume 2G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1867 |
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... army , and sent spies through the land to proclaim him king and reigning in Hebron , when the trumpet should sound upon the air . The conspiracy , says sacred history , was strong , and the rebellion was so artfully contrived , so ...
... army , and sent spies through the land to proclaim him king and reigning in Hebron , when the trumpet should sound upon the air . The conspiracy , says sacred history , was strong , and the rebellion was so artfully contrived , so ...
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... army , and endeavoring to wrest the government from the rightful monarch , would doubt- less have claimed , according to modern acceptation , that he was acting from high convictions of duty ; from a power of neces- sity ; and fighting ...
... army , and endeavoring to wrest the government from the rightful monarch , would doubt- less have claimed , according to modern acceptation , that he was acting from high convictions of duty ; from a power of neces- sity ; and fighting ...
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... army from the free States mightier than that which rose up to crush your rebellion , " aye a great multitude , which no man can number , " will defend them for you . But the issue must not be changed nor frittered away . Sumter was not ...
... army from the free States mightier than that which rose up to crush your rebellion , " aye a great multitude , which no man can number , " will defend them for you . But the issue must not be changed nor frittered away . Sumter was not ...
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... army to the enemy . The officer in command arrests , and sends him to a fort , with orders that he be strongly guarded , because he is known to be a traitor , and in the confidence of traitors and enemies . A lawyer sues out a writ of ...
... army to the enemy . The officer in command arrests , and sends him to a fort , with orders that he be strongly guarded , because he is known to be a traitor , and in the confidence of traitors and enemies . A lawyer sues out a writ of ...
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... army and navy , and , after taking a solemn oath , in the presence of Almighty God , that they will " support the constitution of the United States , " and , while that oath is yet warm on their lips , to engage in raising a re- bellion ...
... army and navy , and , after taking a solemn oath , in the presence of Almighty God , that they will " support the constitution of the United States , " and , while that oath is yet warm on their lips , to engage in raising a re- bellion ...
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