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The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis (1808 - 1889).

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<i>The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government</i> (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Davis wrote the book as a straightforward history of the Confederate States of America and as an apologia for the causes that he believed led to and justified the American Civil War. (Intro modified from Wikipedia)

"The most painful pages of this work are those which . . . present the subjugation of the State governments by the Government of the United States. The patriot, the lover of his country and of the liberties of mankind, can not contemplate these facts without a feeling of grief which will not be comforted. That the work of the fathers of the republic, that the most magnificent system of constitutional government which the wisdom of man has devised, should be turned from its object, changed from its order, rendered powerless to protect the unalienable rights and sovereignty of the people, and made the instrument by which to establish and maintain imperialism, is a revolution unlike any other that may be found in the history of mankind. The result established the truthfulness of the assertion . . . that the Northern people, by their unconstitutional warfare to gain the freedom of certain negro slaves, would lose their own liberties." (from chapter 42)

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Post by TriciaG »

Moving this to Readers Wanted!
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Post by brucek »

Hi Tricia,

I would like to request Sections 1 and 2, if I may.

Thanks,
Bruce.
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Absolutely - thank you!
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Post by PatrickMartin »

Hey Tricia,

I'd love to read Section 3, which I believe is Chapter 17.

Thanks so much!
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Post by TriciaG »

Hi, Patrick! I'll pencil you in for it.

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Post by brucek »

Hi Tricia,

Just a couple of quick questions concerning Sections 1 and 2:

a) In Section 1 there is an in-text reference in parentheses, viz., (See "American State Papers," vol. iv, pp. 122, 123.). Should I ignore or include this in my reading?

b) And please confirm that I am to ignore all footnotes in these two sections and indeed other sections unless otherwise indicated.

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Post by TriciaG »

Hmm. I think I'd include in-text references, simply because the author included them rather than footnoting them. But if you leave them out, I won't quibble. I'm pretty easygoing on them, either way. (I've already edited this post a couple times, changing my decision!)

Yes, ignore footnotes except as noted in the MW. Most of them are source references, and not interesting in an audiobook, IMHO. :)
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Here's Section One:

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/riseandfall2_01_davis.mp3

Running Time: 39:33

Thanks,
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Post by TriciaG »

Thank you, Bruce!
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Here's Section Two:

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/riseandfall2_02_davis.mp3

Running Time: 39:28

All the best for 2014 :)

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Post by brucek »

Hi Tricia,

I'd like to request Sections 4 and 5.

Thanks,
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Post by TriciaG »

Thanks, Bruce! And 4-5 are yours. :)
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Post by lgreene1 »

I would like to claim section 10 Part 4, Chapter 24, if I may.
Thanks.
--Larry
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Please do. Welcome to the project!
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