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Could he not best serve the administration by bearding disunionism in its den?

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen

It was the aggressive disunionism of the two latter States which aided powerfully in dragging Virginia into rebellion.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie

Papers of a different character—like the Boston Courier, representative of the party which included Everett and Winthrop—habitually charged the Republican party with John Brownism and disunionism.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring