This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ... advocacy of views strongly opposed to the war and--to emancipation did not cease in the North and the West when the war began, dangerous as it soon became to advocate them. Imprisonment without trial, trials by court-martial, sentences to confinement in prisons or fortresses remote from home and friends, did reduce at ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ... advocacy of views strongly opposed to the war and--to emancipation did not cease in the North and the West when the war began, dangerous as it soon became to advocate them. Imprisonment without trial, trials by court-martial, sentences to confinement in prisons or fortresses remote from home and friends, did reduce at last to silence all but the boldest--even Missourians, Kentuckians, and Marylanders; and similar methods of repression were used in States remotest from the scenes of the war. In this chapter an account will be given of the general resistance throughout the North and West, and succeeding chapters will describe the resistance in the separate States and groups of States, and the methods by which resistance was suppressed. Nicolay and Hay give (Vol. VIII., p. 29, et seq.) a full account of the "disloyalty" in the North and West, and say, too (Vol. IV., p. 234), that "in the Western States the words Democrat and Copperhead became after January, 1863, practically synonymous, and a cognomen applied as a reproach was assumed with pride.' Professor Channing, of Harvard, says,1 "In the Mississippi Valley hundreds of thousands of men either sympathized with the slaveholders or cared nothing about the slavery dispute." George S. Boutwell says,2 "With varying degrees of intensity the Democratic party of the North sympathized with the South, and arraigned Lincoln and the Republican party for all that the country was called to endure. During the entire period of the war New York, Ohio, and Illinois were doubtful States, and Indiana was kept in line only by the active and desperate fidelity of Oliver P. Morton." Secretary Welles, of Lincoln's Cabinet, says (Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XVI., p. 266): "The Democrats were in ...
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New. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First published in 1901. Minor based this brief history of the 16th president on an array of testimony from previous biographers and men who knew Lincoln personally. He challenges commonly-accepted perceptions of the martyred president. Navy cloth with bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 287 pages. This is a brand new book in original shrink wrap! Multiple copies available. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. Oversized or heavy books may require extra postage for priority or international shipment.
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