What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes.
The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations like individuals are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times.
What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes.
REBEL n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
What is a rebel? A man who says no.
An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs and if no man objected and no man rebelled those wrongs would last forever.
The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations like individuals are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times.