The Rending of Virginia |
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Strana 38
... causes be lost or won ; but while this wrong remained as a basis of injustice and irritation , it would rankle and ... cause in the convention of 1829-30 . If they did not directly demand separation , they laid the foundation on which ...
... causes be lost or won ; but while this wrong remained as a basis of injustice and irritation , it would rankle and ... cause in the convention of 1829-30 . If they did not directly demand separation , they laid the foundation on which ...
Strana 39
... cause . It was the only occasion in his long public career when he took part in what might be called politics ; and more for this reason than any other , perhaps , his conspicuous part in this convention has in the long interval since ...
... cause . It was the only occasion in his long public career when he took part in what might be called politics ; and more for this reason than any other , perhaps , his conspicuous part in this convention has in the long interval since ...
Strana 44
... in Virginia at that day who under- stood the cause of her paralysis and had the courage to declare it . Slavery had not yet throttled free opinion or free speech , as it did later . A memorial 44 THE RENDING OF VIRGINIA .
... in Virginia at that day who under- stood the cause of her paralysis and had the courage to declare it . Slavery had not yet throttled free opinion or free speech , as it did later . A memorial 44 THE RENDING OF VIRGINIA .
Strana 45
... cause of the multiplied evils we deplore . We cannot conceive that there is any other cause sufficiently operative to paralyze the energies of a people so magnanimous , to neutralize the blessings of Providence included in the gift of a ...
... cause of the multiplied evils we deplore . We cannot conceive that there is any other cause sufficiently operative to paralyze the energies of a people so magnanimous , to neutralize the blessings of Providence included in the gift of a ...
Strana 47
... causes and effects , Providence punishes national sins by national calam- ities . Prophetic words , soon realized after Virginia and South Carolina undertook to propagate the new gospel with the edge of the sword ! Henry Clay , born and ...
... causes and effects , Providence punishes national sins by national calam- ities . Prophetic words , soon realized after Virginia and South Carolina undertook to propagate the new gospel with the edge of the sword ! Henry Clay , born and ...
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