TupeloState Journal Company, Printers, 1888 - 595 pages |
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Page 13
... lives to save mine , and also to those Mississippi Unionists who so generously aided a panting fugitive on his way from chains and death to life and liberty . May the Triune God bless our country , and pre- serve its integrity ! JOHN ...
... lives to save mine , and also to those Mississippi Unionists who so generously aided a panting fugitive on his way from chains and death to life and liberty . May the Triune God bless our country , and pre- serve its integrity ! JOHN ...
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... lives . We would hang them quicker than old Heath would hang a tory . Our Revolutionary fathers set us a good example in their dealings with the tories . They sent them to the shades infernal from the branches of the nearest tree . The ...
... lives . We would hang them quicker than old Heath would hang a tory . Our Revolutionary fathers set us a good example in their dealings with the tories . They sent them to the shades infernal from the branches of the nearest tree . The ...
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... lives . Yankee domination will have ceased for- ever , and the haughty southron will spurn them from all association , both governmental and social . So mote it be ! " This address was received with great eclat . On the next Sabbath ...
... lives . Yankee domination will have ceased for- ever , and the haughty southron will spurn them from all association , both governmental and social . So mote it be ! " This address was received with great eclat . On the next Sabbath ...
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... live , invented the doctrine of nullification , the first treasonable step , which soon culminated in the advocacy of secession . Why should we secede , and thus destroy the best , the freest , and most prosperous government on the face ...
... live , invented the doctrine of nullification , the first treasonable step , which soon culminated in the advocacy of secession . Why should we secede , and thus destroy the best , the freest , and most prosperous government on the face ...
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... live in ; that they are often mur- dered by cruel overseers , who whip them to death , or overtask them until disease is induced which results in death ; that masters practically ignore the mar- riage relation among slaves , inasmuch as ...
... live in ; that they are often mur- dered by cruel overseers , who whip them to death , or overtask them until disease is induced which results in death ; that masters practically ignore the mar- riage relation among slaves , inasmuch as ...
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Page 566 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
Page 397 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Page 444 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 461 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered Thou sayest that I am a king. ' To this end was I born, and for this cause came, I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 444 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 212 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 551 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 397 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 573 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 445 - The heroes' sepulchre. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead! Dear as the blood ye gave ; No impious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave; Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps.