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Woodrow Wilson described them as men bent on "an expedition of profit, " who used "the negroes as tools for their own selfish ends." Horance Greeley, while running for President, said they were "fellows who crawled down south in the track of our armies, generally at a very safe distance in therear." And in the South they were hotly condemned as "the larvae of the North, " "vulturous adventurers, " and "vile, oily, odious." But how accurately d...

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Excerpt from John C. Calhoun1807 - Begins law practice in Abbeville. Elected (october 18) to the South Carolina general assembly, where he is to serve for two years.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preservi...

Excerpt from Lincoln and the First ShotIn 1846, having ordered an army into disputed ter ritory along the Rio Grande, James K. Polk asked Con gress for a declaration of war after the troops had been fired upon. War exists, he said, and by the act of Mexico herself. American blood has been shed upon American soil. Polk was the first president to be accused of de liberately bringing about an attack, or the semblance of an attack, in order to rou...

Excerpt from Lincoln and the First ShotIn 1846, having ordered an army into disputed ter ritory along the Rio Grande, James K. Polk asked Con gress for a declaration of war after the troops had been fired upon. War exists, he said, and by the act of Mexico herself. American blood has been shed upon American soil. Polk was the first president to be accused of de liberately bringing about an attack, or the semblance of an attack, in order to rou...

A haven for summer tourists and winter sport enthusiasts, Wisconsin is famed for its physical beauty and its prodigious production of cheese and dairy products. Richard Nelson Current's compact history reveals the colorful past of America's Dairyland, from early explorers and gangsters to latter-day sports heroes and cheeseheads.Both the Ringling Brothers' World's Greatest Shows and Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth originated in Wiscon...

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?This absorbing book is notable for its lack of quick conventional conclusions. Mr. Current presents a great many quotations, with most helpful analysis, but still manages to have the reader pretty much free to assess the material himself. Your imagination, whether Lincoln scholar or casual reader, will be excited by this view of one of the most articulate yet mysterious men of all time.?-San Francisco Chronicle

A haven for summer tourists and winter sport enthusiasts, Wisconsin is famed for its physical beauty and its prodigious production of cheese and dairy products. Richard Nelson Current's compact history reveals the colorful past of America's Dairyland, from early explorers and gangsters to latter-day sports heroes and cheeseheads.Both the Ringling Brothers' "World's Greatest Shows" and Barnum & Bailey's "Greatest Show on Earth" originated in Wi...