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Mary Chesnut’s Diary, Edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary
18 posted on
03/12/2021 6:03:26 AM PST by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
"Mary Chesnut’s Diary, Edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary""A man said aloud: 'This war talk is nothing.
It will soon blow over.
Only a fuss gotten up by that Charleston clique.'
Mr. Toombs asked him to show his passports, for a man who uses such language is a suspicious character."
Mr. Toombs will soon have something important to say, on the subject of war and peace, directly to Jefferson Davis.
Davis will ignore him.
35 posted on
03/15/2021 8:36:58 AM PDT by
BroJoeK
((a little historical perspective...) )
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