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Crisis era orations and political defense amid civil strife
A sprawling extract recalls wartime politics with quotes from Indiana democracy leaders and Wendell Phillips, defending constitutional liberty, attacking usurpation, and urging prudence and union. It recalls Secession era debates, abolitionist rhetoric, and opposition to West Point authority, with railings against minority rule and praise for emancipation.
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Indiana
Democratic Party
Mmen
United States
Hell
Temple of Liberty
Congress
Congress of the United States
House of My Refuge
Liberty
America
C. L. Valandigham
Jay
Wendell Phillips
American Anti-Slavery Society
New York
M. Phillips
John C. Calhoun
New Haven
Calhoun
North
Europe
Copperhead
Shiloh
Nuto
Washington
West Point
Richmond
Charleston
Savannah
Ganges
Hooker
England
Ma. Seward
Seward
New England
Toombs
Bunker Hill
Col. Higginson
South Carolina
San Francisco
Hallecks
Sewards
Butler
Phelps
Fremont
Hamilton
Union