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Southern Rights and Northern Duties in the Present Crisis

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1861 letter by Rev. Samuel J. Baird defends Southern grievances against abolitionist agitation and urges Northern duty to redress wrongs and preserve the Union.
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Samuel John Baird was an American Presbyterian minister, educator, and church historian born in Newark, Ohio, who served in multiple pastorates across the South and Midwest and helped lay the foundations for Arkansas College. He is best remembered for authoring Baird’s Digest, a key compilation of the acts and deliverances of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. that remains a valuable resource for understanding 19th-century Presbyterian polity and history

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