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Browsing named entities in Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States. You can also browse the collection for Patrick Henry (Virginia, United States) or search for Patrick Henry (Virginia, United States) in all documents.
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Chapter 1:
A brief historical Retrospect.
The disruption of the American Union by the war of 1861 was not an unforeseen event.
Patrick Henry, and other patriots who struggled against the adoption of the Federal Constitution by the Southern States, foretold it in burning words of prophecy; and when that instrument was ad it sometimes takes more than one generation or one revolution to establish a principle.
At first sight, it may appear that there is some discordance between Patrick Henry and Jefferson Davis, as the one struggled against the adoption of the Constitution, and the other to preserve it. But they were, in fact, both engaged in a sime South will be permanently enslaved.
We endeavored to bring about the separation, and we sacrificed our fortunes, and risked our lives to accomplish it. Like Patrick Henry, we have done our utmost to preserve our liberties; like him, we have failed, and like him, we desire that our record shall go down to such of our posterity as