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Excerpt from Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative of Personal Adventures Among the Rebels
I have prepared this work from the single stand-point of uncompromising devotion to the American Union as established by our fathers, and unmitigated hostility to the armed rebels who are seeking its destruction. My ancestors fought in its defence; and while their blood ?ows in my veins I shall instinctively recoil from bartering away the glory of its past and the prophecy of its future for the stained record of that vile thing, begotten by fraud, crime, and bad ambition, chris tened a Southern Confederacy. I cannot ex change historic renown for disgrace, national honor for infamy, how splendid soever may be the bribe or how. Violent soever may be the com pulsion. This is my faith as an American citizen; and this book ''will show how sorely it has been put to the test. I claim, however, no merit, further than that arising from the discharge of a simple duty both of religion and patriotism. Thousands of my fellow-citizens have been.
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I have prepared this work from the single stand-point of uncompromising devotion to the American Union as established by our fathers, and unmitigated hostility to the armed rebels who are seeking its destruction. My ancestors fought in its defence; and while their blood ?ows in my veins I shall instinctively recoil from bartering away the glory of its past and the prophecy of its future for the stained record of that vile thing, begotten by fraud, crime, and bad ambition, chris tened a Southern Confederacy. I cannot ex change historic renown for disgrace, national honor for infamy, how splendid soever may be the bribe or how. Violent soever may be the com pulsion. This is my faith as an American citizen; and this book ''will show how sorely it has been put to the test. I claim, however, no merit, further than that arising from the discharge of a simple duty both of religion and patriotism. Thousands of my fellow-citizens have been.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
William Gannaway Brownlow
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780364260647
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Page Count - 494
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Contributors
Author
William Gannaway Brownlow
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331113584
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 496
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