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 | | Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.” — Daniel Webster |
 | | In a January, 1864, letter, presented to his subordinates and sent to the general commanding the Army of Tennessee, General Patrick R. Cleburne took the then radical step of advocating emancipating slaves who agreed to fight for the Confederacy: “Every man should endeavor to understand the meaning of subjugation before it is too late. |
 | | We can give but a faint idea when we say that it means the loss of all we not hold most sacred—slaves and all other personal property, lands, homesteads, liberty, justice, safety, pride, manhood. |
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