Statistics for occurrence #1 of “John Bull” in article 4 of The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1863., [Electronic resource]:
...mmediately entitled to the rights and privileges of a freeman."
So, after all, the Confederacy is a belligerent power, is it?
How long has it been since Yankee-doodle threatened to pitch into John Bull for acknowledging us as belligerents?
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