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  • The Secessionists were our Danes, who, if they did not ravage our lands, cut up our commerce at a fearful rate, and not only found shelter and aid wherever the English flag flies in authority, but were furnished with ships by England and with men to work and to fight them, so that our last sea-fight was won over our old foe on that summer day when the

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various

  • He was a powerhouse at the turn of the last century and a founding member -- along with the likes of painter Gustav Klimt and architect Otto Wagner -- of the Secessionists, a reform movement that promoted the integration of art in everyday life.

    Vienna's Lost Designer, Rediscovered 2010

  • Secessionists pointed to well-known statements by Lincoln and William Henry Seward as proof of Republican dissembling.

    Gary Gallagher: Was the election of Abraham Lincoln a threat to the South? Gary Gallagher 2010

  • Secessionists pointed to well-known statements by Lincoln and William Henry Seward as proof of Republican dissembling.

    Gary Gallagher: Was the election of Abraham Lincoln a threat to the South? Gary Gallagher 2010

  • They're hanging around with Secessionists, people who support the violent overthrow of our elected government, racists, and others whose reputations are deservedly low.

    Archive 2009-07-19 Stephen Daugherty 2009

  • Of all the buildings that the Secessionists designed and built in Vienna, the Secessionist Building was the most symbolic, the most iconic.

    The Vienna Secession Hels 2009

  • Of all the buildings that the Secessionists designed and built in Vienna, the Secessionist Building was the most symbolic, the most iconic.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Hels 2009

  • They're hanging around with Secessionists, people who support the violent overthrow of our elected government, racists, and others whose reputations are deservedly low.

    Well, if you're sincerely sorry,it's accepted, but... Stephen Daugherty 2009

  • Secessionists have been allowed to speak out and even to act, but Gorbachev has not had time to build the more attractive society that might persuade some of them to stay in the union, after all.

    Why He's Failing 2008

  • I don't know the details of BO's past but it seems to me that quite a few mainstream politicians flirted with extremist groups in their youth e.g. Lionel Jospin (ex-French Prime Minister) was a Troskyist when he was a nipper; Sarah Palin was "pallin 'around" with Secessionists (why not a few words about that - dear Melanie?).

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

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