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between God and the people

150 years ago today The New-York Times wasn’t sure where Sherman’s army was headed, but it knew he was sweeping and destroying. It published a table of distances for possible destinations and reprinted an article from the November 18th Cincinnati … Continue reading

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“equal liberty before the laws”

The April 9, 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly (at Son of the South) eulogized an abolitionist Congressman from Illinois: OWEN LOVEJOY. IN OWEN LOVEJOY the cause of Democracy loses a noble champion. From the moment that he rose from the … Continue reading

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