Alexander H. Stephens Bookmark

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Alexander H. Stephens, February 11, 1812, March 4, 1883, Orphan~Georgia Legislator, Georgia Congressman, Vice-President, Confederate States of America, Political Prisoner of War, Georgia Senator, Georgia Governor.

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“If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free institutions as established by our ancestors is to be subverted, …

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Alexander H. Stephens, February 11, 1812, March 4, 1883, Orphan~Georgia Legislator, Georgia Congressman, Vice-President, Confederate States of America, Political Prisoner of War, Georgia Senator, Georgia Governor.

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“If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free institutions as established by our ancestors is to be subverted, and an empire is to be established in their stead; if that is to be the last scene of the great tragic drama now being enacted: then be assured, that we of the South will be acquitted, not only in our own consciences, but in the judgment of mankind, of all responsibility for so terrible a catastrophe, and from all guilt of so great a crime against humanity.” These words are from his excellent two volume work, A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States; Its Causes, Character, Conduct and Results. First Published in 1868