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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 38 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 14 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1862., [Electronic resource] 9 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 7 5 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903 6 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 6 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 5 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1860., [Electronic resource] 4 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: June 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], Army correspondence. (search)
be put on cotton. That was the great source of the rebellion, and had been claimed as King, and now that we have got his majesty down we should keep our foot on him. He claimed that the people of the West, especially of Michigan, paid a full proportion of the tax, and would pay cheerfully. This tax on cotton would also be a burden on France and England, who had been inimical to the United States in the present contest. The discussion was continued at length by Messrs. Sherman, Clark, Simmons, Harris, Howe, and others. Mr. Sherman, (Rep.,) of Ohio, moved to reconsider the vote rejecting Mr. Anthony's amendment, yesterday, to lay a tax of one-half cent per pound on cotton. Reconsidered — Yeas 24, nays 15. The question then recurred on the amendment making a tax on cotton of half cent per pound; which was adopted — yeas 30, nays 10. The Nigger question. In the House of Representatives, the Speaker announced the business to be the motion of Mr. Porter to rec