Word: stated
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...restriction of suffrage to taxpayers has also been suggested; this, however, would be very objectionable and should only be resorted to as a last expedient. State interference with municipal government should rarely be resorted to, for it is apt to lead to trouble; in fact the revolutions in France were caused in a great degree by this...
...greatest value of religion now-a-days is to create a state of mind in which repentance is possible; when it fails to do this it becomes worthless. The religion of today is not as effective as it should be. Men need some power which will show them how to repent and can help them to do it. The Kingdom of Heaven is always at hand to every...
...There is no assurance that state banks would nto be substituted.- (a) Carlisle Proposed them.- (b) Many congressmen spoke in favor of them...
...Missouri the untiring efforts of Francis P. Blair, who afterwards served with honor as major general, defeated the secret attempts of the Governor to secure the state for the confederacy. Blair seized a camp of the rebels before their plans were matured, acting with Nathaniel Lyon. Lyon boldly disguised himself in the dress of an old lady well known in the locality and was driven all through the camp in her victoria, getting all the information required for success. Lyon and Blair continued their prompt action and drove the confederates to the southwest corner ot the state. There the Southerners...
...Confederates at once determined to invade the state. Gen Leonidas Polk entered at the west, and established himself in a strongly fortified position at Columbus. The Confederate line extended from here to the Cumberland Gap, far to the east, under the command of Gen. A. S. Johnston...