. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . in the seceded States, which they would like tokeep for themselves, the more effectually to wipe out thetyrannical old Union. Sharp is the warfare between thefriends of the Union and the friends of secession, and doubt-ful the issue. Secession leaders see the necessity of stillgreater sectional excitement. So they will essay what virtuetheie is in the shedding of blood. Strike a blow! saysone of the agitators. The very moment blood is shed, oldVirginia will malve common cause with her sisters of the A CATALEPTIC GOVERNMENT. 493 South
. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . in the seceded States, which they would like tokeep for themselves, the more effectually to wipe out thetyrannical old Union. Sharp is the warfare between thefriends of the Union and the friends of secession, and doubt-ful the issue. Secession leaders see the necessity of stillgreater sectional excitement. So they will essay what virtuetheie is in the shedding of blood. Strike a blow! saysone of the agitators. The very moment blood is shed, oldVirginia will malve common cause with her sisters of the A CATALEPTIC GOVERNMENT. 493 South. — Unless you sprinkle blood in the face of the peopleof Alabama, shouts another, she will be back in the oldUnion in less than ten days. And so it was deliberately resolved to strike a blow,and to sprinkle blood in the face of the people of theSouth. And South Carolina, having been in the lead in thematter of secession, feels it incumbent upon her to take thelead in the bloody Avork also; and she orders General Beaure-gard to open fire on Fort
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