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" Shall we hold it as a province and govern it by despotic power? In the nature of things, we could not, by physical force, control the will Of the people and compel them to elect senators and representatives to Congress, and to perform all the other duties... "
History of the American War - Page 21
by Henry Charles Fletcher - 1865
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1860 - 600 pages
...how are we to govern it afterwards? Shall we hold it as a province and govern it by despotic power? In the nature of things, we could not, by physical...State as a constituent member of the confederacy. But if we possessed this power, would it be wise to exercise it under existing circumstances? The object...
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Annual Register, Volume 102

Edmund Burke - History - 1861 - 974 pages
...how are we to govern it afterward*? Shall we iiulJ it as a province, and govern it by despotv power? In the nature of things we could not, by physical...State as a constituent member of the confederacy. . " The fact is, that our Union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of ..., Volume 102

Books - 1861 - 922 pages
...how are we to govern it afterwards? Shall we hold it as a province, and govern it by despotic power? In the nature of things •we could not, by physical...State as a constituent member of the confederacy. " The fact is, that our Union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress. Repr. . 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...how are we to govern it afterwards? Shall we hold it as a province and govern it by despotic power ? In the nature of things, we could not, by physical...State as a constituent member of the Confederacy. But, if we possessed this power, would it be wise to exercise it under existing circumstances? The...
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 1

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...how are we to govern it afterward ? Shall w$ hold it as a province, and govern it by despotic power? In the nature of things we could not, by physical...perform all the other duties depending upon their own Tolition, and required from the free citizens of a free State, as a constituent member of the Confedei»cy....
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 1

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...how are we to govern it afterward ? Shall we hold it as a province, and govern it by despotic power? In the nature of things we could not, by physical force, control the irill uf the people, and compel them to elect Senators and Representatives to Congress, and to perform...
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The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with ..., Volume 1

Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...how are we to govern it afterward ? Shall we hold it as a province, and govern it by despotic power? In the nature of things we could not, by physical...State, as a constituent member of the confederacy. "But if we possessed this power, would it be wise to exercise it under existing circumstances ? The...
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The Comprehensive History of the Southern Rebellion and the War ..., Volume 1

Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...afterward? Shall we hold it as a province, and govern it by despotic power? In the nature of things we conld not, by physical force, control the will of the people, and compel them to elect Senators and Representatiees to Congress, and to perform all the other duties depending upon their own Tolition,...
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The Second War of Independence in America

Eduard Maco Hudson - Slavery - 1868 - 240 pages
...how are we to govern it afterwards? Shall we hold it as a province, and govern it by despotic force ? In the nature of things we could not, by physical...Congress, and to perform all the other duties depending on their own volition, and required from the free citizens of a free State as a constituent member...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...how are we to govern it afterwards ? Shall we hold it as a province and govern it by despotic power ? In the nature of things we could not, by physical...and required from the free citizens of a free State us a constituent member of the Confederacy. But, if we possessed this power, would it be wise to exercise...
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