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Excerpt from Reminiscences of General Basil W. Duke, C. S. A Both sections were alarmed. The one feared an unrestricted extension of slavery into the public domain; the other feared its abolition. The South saw safety only in secession. The North believed that, with the dissolution of the Union, permanent peace upon this continent would be impossible. There was assuredly an intelligible apprehension, if not a sufficient cam: belli, on both sides. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.