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The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4,
by Various
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Title: The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Author: Various
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THE
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY:
DEVOTED TO
LITERATURE AND NATIONAL POLICY.
Vol. II--OCTOBER, 1862.--No. IV.
'THE CONSTITUTION AS IT IS--THE UNION AS IT WAS.'
This has been a pet phrase, in certain quarters, ever since the rebellion broke out. The men who use it are doubtless well aware of the prodigious power of such cries adroitly raised. The history of their influence over the unreflecting masses in all ages would be one of the most curious chapters in the history of human nature.
The phrase has a grand air. Its words are brave words to conjure with. It is susceptible of a good and loyal