Chronicles of the Rebellion of 1861
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Ross, Charles J.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Chronicles of the Rebellion of 1861: Forming a Complete History of the Secession Movement From Its Commencement, to Which Are Added the Muster Roll of the Union Army and Explanatory and Illustrative Notes of the Leading Features of the Campaign The events connected with the Secession movements of the Southern States, and which roused the people of the North American continent to the highest state of political excitement, will be long held in remembrance. The spectacle of a people so happy and prosperous - living under a Constitution which it was their pride and boast to regard as the most glorious under the sun - a Constitution which, from the expansive character of its principles and provisions, conferred upon its citizens a greater amount of political power, and secured to them a larger extent of civil and religious liberty, than the subjects of any other government - republican or monarchical - plunged into all the dire calamities, the horrors and the sufferings of Civil War, is painful in the extreme. But the ultimate result must be beneficial to the country at large. Although its commercial progress may be arrested in its onward career, and the development of its agricultural, manufacturing and mineral resources, for a time be neglected, the Constitution and laws will come out of the fiery ordeal purged and purified of every corruption which time has attached to the governmental system of the United States. The patriot, the philanthropist, and the statesman, will dwell with feelings of attention and interest upon each and every phase of the great struggle, and from their careful study be more than ever convinced of the greatness and supreme excellence of the federal government and the legislative enactments framed and promulgated for its conduct and guidance. The form of a republican government will meet with a more general sanction, and the dynasties of the old world be taught to entire conviction that "vox populi" is "vox Dei." Moreover, stript of all the vague plausibilities and metaphysical subtleties put forth by the Secessionists, it will be clearly and indisputably demonstrated that the contest of 1861, between the North and the South, roust be regarded as a quarrel between civil and religious liberty on the one hand, and political despotism of the blackest character on the other. For a long series of years the leading statesmen among the Secessionists planned their grand scheme of treason to the United States. South Carolina took the lead in fomenting rebellion. To put forth an apparent justification of Secession, her leading politicians trumped up charges against the people of the Free States, imputed dishonest and bloodthirsty motives to Northern citizens, and boldly avowed that their designs were nothing less than robbing them of their political rights, destroying their domestic institution - slavery - and treating the Southern States as a subjugated province. For these reasons, the facts and incidents of the struggle, from first to last, must be interesting to every one who has the least pretension to patriotism, and desires to be thoroughly posted upon the affairs of the country. Their faithful narration in the following pages will prove useful to every one who bestows upon them even a cursory perusal, causing them to be carefully preserved for consultation and reference in after years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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