Congressional Opposition to War: 1917 |
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... Civil War . The Representative Mason contended that just as the United States " had the right to declare the blockade and use all the power that God Almighty gave ... to 19 maintain ... [ it ] , " so had the present belligerents . 17 ...
... Civil War . The Representative Mason contended that just as the United States " had the right to declare the blockade and use all the power that God Almighty gave ... to 19 maintain ... [ it ] , " so had the present belligerents . 17 ...
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... Civil War veteran Isaac Sherwood , Democratic Representative , reminded his now belli- cose colleagues that they were acting " in violation of ... # 1 5 And the only their most vital and sacred pledges made to the American 3 Ibid . , p ...
... Civil War veteran Isaac Sherwood , Democratic Representative , reminded his now belli- cose colleagues that they were acting " in violation of ... # 1 5 And the only their most vital and sacred pledges made to the American 3 Ibid . , p ...
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... Civil War , naturally enough , could not leave out that terrible crisis in his evaluation . At the time " Confederate ships were being built in English shipyards and driving our commerce from the seas and oceans of the world , Germany ...
... Civil War , naturally enough , could not leave out that terrible crisis in his evaluation . At the time " Confederate ships were being built in English shipyards and driving our commerce from the seas and oceans of the world , Germany ...
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The People versus the Interests | 19 |
The Anathemas Foreign Entanglements | 34 |
A Great Step Backward | 48 |
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