ASIN: B00475AU5O
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 1325
Before the great Republic of the West had completed a century ofindependent national existence, its political fabric was subjected tothe strain of a terrible internecine war. That the true cause ofconflict was the antagonism between the spirit of Federalism and thetheory of "States' Rights" is very clearly explained in the followingpages, and the author exactly expresses the feeling with which mostEnglishmen regard the question of Secession, when he implies that hadhe been a New Englander he would have fought to the death to preservethe Union, while had he been born in Virginia he would have done asmuch in defence of a right the South believed inalienable. The warthus brought about dragged on its weary length from the spring of1861 to the same season of 1865. During its progress reputations weremade that will live for ever in American history, and many remarkablemen came to the front. ...
