The book Bancroft And Earl Russell was written by author Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 Here you can read free online of Bancroft And Earl Russell book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Bancroft And Earl Russell a good or bad book?
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I replied, in the same debate, that the bubble of republicanism had not burst; and that if the curse of slavery still hung about the United States, it was England who had made them the gift of the poisoned garment which was now their torment. In fact, I have never had any doubt that, whether the United States con- sented to separation or pursued the war to extremity, the great western republic would remain, happily for the world, a powerful and independent republic. The authors of the Declarati...on of Independence in declaring for separation from Great Britain, after enumerating their complaints of her conduct, go on to say: "We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. " That we should >een emies in war is easily understood ; but v/hen we are at peace, v/hy should we not be friends, as the great men of the American Revolu- tion intended us to be ? If they, in the moment of separation and of war, looked forward to a period of peace and of friendship, Avhy should we, more than three quarters of a century after these events, keep up sentiments of irritation and hostility founded on a mistaken apprehension of facts, and tending to lay the foundation of permanent alienation, suspicion, and ill Avill ?
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