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HARPER'S WEEKLY.

[FEBRUARY 15, 1862.

112

THE LAST OF LL.D. RUSSELL THE PROPHET.

"The Union is gone forever, and no serious attempt will be made by the North to save it."—(See RUSSEL'S Correspondence, April, 1861.)

"General Bankruptcy is inevitable, and Agrarian and Socialist Riots may be expected pretty soon."—(See RUSSEL'S Correspondence, August, 1861.)

"If the Government wished to Surrender MASON and SLIDELL, the Mob would not allow it."—(See RUSSEL'S Correspondence, December, 1861.)

" Mr. SEWARD will refuse, on the part of his Government, to Surrender MASON and SLIDELL and their Secretaries."—(See RUSSELL'S Correspondence, December 23, 1861.)
"The Fate of the American Government will be Sealed if January passes without some Great Victory."—(See RUSSEL'S Correspondence, January, 1862.)

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