ITS SECRET HISTORY, RISE, PROGRESS, BY JOHN MINOR BOTTS, OF VIRGINIA. The Political Life of the Author Vindicated. UNIVERSITY "I know.na North, no South, no East, no West: I only know my country, my To Edhiom? had will Essa With affecternate regards of Henry Chadevick NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. (16204) Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court. of the Southern District of New York: OCT 4 44 J OF M BINDERY This work is respectfully dedicated, as a mark of the esteem, gratitude, and affectionate regard felt for the Commander of the Army of the United States; not only for the deliverance of the Author, but of his native State, and the whole South, from the most oppressive, grinding, and detestable military despotism of which history furnishes a record since the blessings of freedom have been understood, and the true principles of Christianity introduced. |