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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6,437 1 Browse Search
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation 1,858 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 766 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 310 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 302 0 Browse Search
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States 300 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 266 0 Browse Search
Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley 224 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition. 222 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 214 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Fatal Accident. (search)
it was immediately after the alliance with France had been concluded.--The people had previously been making gigantic exertions — had become fatigued with the constant labor imposed by the necessities of their situation — and were naturally desirous of repose. When they found themselves in alliance, therefore, with a great Power, they were too ready to believe that the hour of their deliverance had already struck — that having, single handed, withstood successfully the utmost efforts of Great Britain to subdue them, they had no longer anything to fear from her, when they had such a friend to stand by their side. This spirit rising among the masses at home, soon extended to Congress, and produced its natural effects. A want of energy became almost instantly apparent in all the departments of government. It might have proved fatal had a Clive or a Wolfe been at the head of the army in America, or a Pitt at the helm of State in England. Instead of these, however, Clinton comma<
The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 13 (search)
ch is necessary, so long as it is understood that this war is without a purpose. It is that of which we complain, that it is without a purpose, so that the minister of one of the first Governments on earth is obliged to declare "that it is for dominion on the one hand and power on the other. " Is there a Senator here but knows that if we had written upon our banners "Freedom," to-day we would have had a victory gained, and that instead of being threatened, with the armies and navies of Great Britain we should have the sympathy of that entire people? Wage this war for the purpose of crushing out rebellion, and let such as emanation from hell as the institution of slavery take care of itself. If it perishes, let it perish; and when we announce to the world that this institution has perished, Freedom will smile, and God will be pleased. We will take the words of a certain military order: "All loyal persons, without reference to color, sect, age, or size, who seek protection within