Word: secessionism
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A long book (627 pages), Andrew Jackson clips along because its subject had more surprises up his sleeve than other Presidents. Highly unpleasant surprises to many a contemporary, they were nevertheless marked by one characteristic on which all could agree: Jackson's luck. Author James makes hay with the...
"The intolerance of professed Christians is more than anything else responsible for my secession. You never hear Mohammedans speak of persons of other religions as we hear Christians talk of one another. They may be sorry others do not hold to the Mohammedan belief, but they do not condemn them...
Like Gone With The Wind and Boy in Blue, Bugles Blow No More strings its beads of action on the thin thread of a love story. The scene is Richmond, second capital of the Confederacy; from Secession Night to Appomattox. In 1861 Richmond was gay, prosperous, confident, the established capital...
Just what form such control would take is not definite. Loyalist sources tell that German advances have been made, proposing secession from the rest of Spain, probably to result in a state under German protection. The character of the defenders makes it unlikely that anything short of annihilation will bring...
This had to mean something because it was a President who spoke, otherwise it was almost Irish gibberish. If no further step is taken, the "dominion status" of the Free State under the Crown-which in any case does not exclude the right of secession-is left pretty much in...