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Contents Preface / xi Abbreviations / xix 1 “From the Beginning Fairly Successful as a Lawyer,” 1818–1853 / 1 2 “My Business Will Be to Advocate the Principles and Platform of Democracy,” 1854–1860 / 31 3 “For the Defense of Our Rights and Those of Our Southern Brothers,” 1861–1862 / 60 4 “I Intend to Remain Until the Battle is Over,” 1862 / 101 5 “In This Struggle for National Independence,” 1863 / 132 6 “Tennessee, A Grave or a Free Home,” 1864–May 1865 / 155 7 “Better a Penniless Exile Than to Have Violated Principle,” 1865–1867 / 182 8 “We of the South Have Accepted the Results in Good Faith,” 1868–1876 / 201 x / contents 9 “Stand by Your Time-Honored Principles,” 1877–1883 / 229 10 “The Old Man Invincible,” 1883–1897 / 261 Bibliography / 305 Index / 327 ...

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