A Voice from South CarolinaWalker, Evans & Cogswell, 1879 - 231 páginas |
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... secure accuracy in the details in the working of these military and judicial devices , the writer will confine himself , in the next few chapters , to what occurred in the County of Laurens alone , during the political campaigns of 1870 ...
... secure accuracy in the details in the working of these military and judicial devices , the writer will confine himself , in the next few chapters , to what occurred in the County of Laurens alone , during the political campaigns of 1870 ...
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... secure the votes ? What cared they for the restiveness and indignation of the white man , who , himself disarmed , was thus forced to witness the marching and counter - marching of his former slaves about his premises ; these being ...
... secure the votes ? What cared they for the restiveness and indignation of the white man , who , himself disarmed , was thus forced to witness the marching and counter - marching of his former slaves about his premises ; these being ...
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... secure for himself an indefinite lease of power . It was a matter of indifference to him how the success of this party was to be secured , and what means might be resorted to . Whether the rights of indi- viduals , of whole communities ...
... secure for himself an indefinite lease of power . It was a matter of indifference to him how the success of this party was to be secured , and what means might be resorted to . Whether the rights of indi- viduals , of whole communities ...
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... secure a majority of one ! This , too , in the face of a popular majority of more than 300,000 ! As a single , original act of usurpation , its frightful enormity would have shocked the whole American people ; but being , as it is , the ...
... secure a majority of one ! This , too , in the face of a popular majority of more than 300,000 ! As a single , original act of usurpation , its frightful enormity would have shocked the whole American people ; but being , as it is , the ...
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... secure , and belonged to her and her children . Massachusetts responded nobly to the call , and from under the shadow of Bunker Hill monument , the choice of her military companies were sent to give the right hand of fellowship , and to ...
... secure , and belonged to her and her children . Massachusetts responded nobly to the call , and from under the shadow of Bunker Hill monument , the choice of her military companies were sent to give the right hand of fellowship , and to ...
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Página 95 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Página 145 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Página 21 - That there was a cause, and an adequate cause, might be presumed from the character of the Convention which passed the Ordinance of Secession, and the perfect unanimity with which it was done.
Página 23 - That such an assembly should have inaugurated and completed a radical revolution in all the external relations of the State, in the face of acknowledged dangers, and at the risk of enormous sacrifices, and should have done it gravely, soberly, dispassionately, deliberately, and yet have done it without cause, transcends all the measures of probability. Whatever else may be said of it, it certainly must be admitted that this solemn act of South Carolina was well considered.
Página 22 - It was a noble body, and all their proceedings were in harmony with their high character. In the midst of intense agitation and excitement, they were calm, cool, collected, and self-possessed. They deliberated without passion, and concluded without rashness. They sat with closed doors, that the tumult of the populace might not invade the sobriety of their minds.
Página 16 - ... walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more. No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells : The chord alone, that breaks at night, Its tale of ruin tells. Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives.
Página 178 - JOHN HAMPDEN, Who, with great spirit and consummate abilities, began a noble opposition to an arbitrary court, in defence of the liberties of his country ; supported them in parliament, and died for them in the field.
Página 21 - There were men in that convention utterly incapable of low and selfish schemes, who, in the calm serenity of their judgments, were as unmoved by the waves of popular passion and excitement, as the everlasting granite by the billows that roll against it. There were men there who would...
Página 22 - ... and all their proceedings were in harmony with their high character. In the midst of intense agitation and excitement, they were calm, cool, collected and self-possessed. They deliberated without passion, and concluded without rashness. They sat with closed doors, that the tumult of the populace might not invade the sobriety of their minds. 'If a stranger could have passed from the stirring scenes with which the streets of Charleston were alive, into the calm and quiet sanctuary of this venerable...