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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Notes and Queries. (search)
sposition to cultivate good fellowship with our erring sisters whom we loved too well to suffer them to depart in peace. Among the rejoinders to Davis's work one appears in the Atlantic for September and one in the North American Review. In the latter, the writer, Rossiter Johnson, refers to the fact that in the case of every insurrection against slavery — like Nat Turner's and John Brown's — the insurgents suffered the extreme penalty of the law, while in all others, like Shay's rebellion, Fries's, and the whiskey war, they were either pardoned outright or only very mildly punished. He also says sarcastically: The atrocities of Andersonville were explained into nothingness long ago. The boys in blue lay on flowery beds of ease within that spacious and airy stockade, listening dreamily to the purl of the crystal brook that babbled at their feet, while the boys in gray at Elmira were suffering the tortures of the Inquisition. Lee, who never won an offensive battle, was the gre
James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 23: three months in Congress. (search)
vilified for some hours without attempting to reply. At length, in a pause of the storm, he arose and gave notice, that when the resolutions were disposed of he should rise to a privileged question. The following sprightly conversation ensued: Mr. Thompson, of Indiana, moved that the resolutions be laid on the table. The Yeas and Nays were asked and ordered; and, being taken, were— Yeas 28, Nays 128. And the question recurring on the demand for the previous question: Mr. Fries inquired of the Speaker whether the question was susceptible of division. The Speaker said that the question could be taken separately on each resolution. A number of members here requested Mr. Evans to withdraw the demand for the previous question (i.e. permit Mr. Greeley to speak). Mr. Evans declined to withdraw the motion, and desired to state the reason why he did so. The reason was, that the gentleman from New York [Mr. Greeley] had spoken to an audience to which the me
The Daily Dispatch: January 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], Benevolence in camp. (search)
Fire in Salem --A letter from Salem, N. C. informs the Fayetteville Observer, that at 6 o'clock on the evening of Saturday, the 21st Mr. Fries's gas works caught fire, and one of the houses was burnt, The other was saved,
The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Hurtle of Gettysburg. (search)
At Charleston, on Tuesday, the mercury reached 96 in the shade. The Yankees are doubtless roasting alive on the coast. Dr. Fries, a prominent and well known citizen of Salem, N. C., died in that place on Saturday last, after a long and lingering illness. The thermometer at Raleigh, N. C., reached 94 on Thursday last.