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... THE WAR . · 235 INDEPENDENCE - DAY IN NEW YORK 251 THE DEFEAT OF THE CHICKAHOMINY 262 MASS MEETINGS AND THE LEVY • 275 THE CASE OF THE NORTH 294 HOMEWARD BOUND 321 SIX MONTHS IN THE FEDERAL STATES . NOTES OF THE vi CONTENTS .
... THE WAR . · 235 INDEPENDENCE - DAY IN NEW YORK 251 THE DEFEAT OF THE CHICKAHOMINY 262 MASS MEETINGS AND THE LEVY • 275 THE CASE OF THE NORTH 294 HOMEWARD BOUND 321 SIX MONTHS IN THE FEDERAL STATES . NOTES OF THE vi CONTENTS .
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... York and Boston ; from the homesteads of New England ; from the mines of Pennsylvania and the factories of Pittsburgh ; from the 8 NOTES OF THE WAR . SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RACINE CITY THE PRAIRIE AND THE MISSISSIPPI CHICAGO AND THE WEST BOSTON.
... York and Boston ; from the homesteads of New England ; from the mines of Pennsylvania and the factories of Pittsburgh ; from the 8 NOTES OF THE WAR . SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RACINE CITY THE PRAIRIE AND THE MISSISSIPPI CHICAGO AND THE WEST BOSTON.
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... York Herald used to style it , of General McClellan's tactics , that I doubted , as it proved with reason , whether I might not be kept waiting at Fortress Monroe for weeks to come . In the second , I strongly suspected that if I did ...
... York Herald used to style it , of General McClellan's tactics , that I doubted , as it proved with reason , whether I might not be kept waiting at Fortress Monroe for weeks to come . In the second , I strongly suspected that if I did ...
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... York ; and the music - shops , and print - depôts , and book - stands , which you saw on every side , all told of wealth , and education , and refinement . The hilly slopes , too , on which the city stands , the countless gardens , and ...
... York ; and the music - shops , and print - depôts , and book - stands , which you saw on every side , all told of wealth , and education , and refinement . The hilly slopes , too , on which the city stands , the countless gardens , and ...
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... York- town . So I , or any one , could name a hundred in- stances of father fighting against son - brother against brother - of families divided - of homes where there was mourning whenever the news of battle came , no matter which side ...
... York- town . So I , or any one , could name a hundred in- stances of father fighting against son - brother against brother - of families divided - of homes where there was mourning whenever the news of battle came , no matter which side ...
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Abolition Abolitionism Abolitionists American amongst anti-slavery battle believe Boston Cairo Cambridge camp cause Church colour Confederate Constitution crowded Democratic doubt EDWARD DICEY emancipation England English Englishman existence fact fancy favour federacy Federal army feeling fighting Fort Sumter Franz Sigel friends German Government ground honour houses hundred Illinois James River Kentucky labour Lanark land look Louis Louisville Massachusetts McClellan ment miles military mind Mississippi Nashville nation negro never North Northern Odin Ohio Ohio river once papers party passed Patrick Donahoe patriotism persons pleasant political popular Potomac prairie question Racine railroad regiments Republican Richmond river road secession Secessionists seemed sentiment settlers side Slave slave power slavery soldiers South Southern standing strange streets Tennessee thing thousand tion told town travelling troops truth Union Virginia volunteer Washington Wendell Phillips West Western whole wooden
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Página 199 - administration, their property, and their " peace, and personal security, are to be endangered. " There has never been any reasonable cause for such " apprehension. Indeed the most ample evidence to " the contrary has all the while existed, and been open " to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the " public speeches of him who now addresses
Página 311 - independence. If the North had but dared to take for its battle-cry the grand preamble of the Declaration of Independence :—" We hold these truths to be self" evident, that all men are created equal; that
Página 199 - late, of the rights of the States, and especially the " right of each State to order and control its own " domestic institutions according to its own judgment " exclusively, is essential to that balance of power
Página 200 - fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless " invasion, by armed force, of the soil of any State or " Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the " gravest of crimes.'
Página 199 - do but quote from one of these speeches when I " declare that ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, " to interfere with the institution of slavery in the " States where it exists.' I believe I have no lawful " right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. " Those who nominated and elected me did so with the " full knowledge that I had made this, and
Página 254 - Through the thick gloom of the present we see the " brightness of the future as the sun in heaven. We " shall make this a glorious and immortal day. When " we are in our graves our children will
Página 196 - They must revive the slave trade, with all its train of " atrocities. They must blow out the moral lights " around us, and extinguish that greatest torch of all, " which America presents to a benighted world, pointing " the way to their rights, their liberties, and their
Página 199 - form for my acceptance, and as a law to themselves " and to me, the clear and emphatic resolution which I " now read:—' Resolved, that the maintenance, invio
Página 196 - their work will be yet incomplete. They must " penetrate the human soul, and eradicate the light of " reason and the love of liberty. Then, and not till " then, when universal darkness and despair prevail, " can you perpetuate slavery, and repress all sympathies " and all humane and benevolent efforts among free " men, in behalf of the unhappy portion of our race
Página 7 - men were almost unknown. I have seen the armies of most European countries; and I have no hesitation in saying that, as far as the average raw material of the rank and file is concerned, the American army is the finest. The officers are, undoubtedly, the weak point of the system. They have not