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Mirabeau said that words were things; and this word was so used in the proceedings of Secession conventions as to impress the mind of the Southern people with its portentous weight and solemnity.
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Blaine references Mirabeau to illustrate how the term 'ordinance' was used to convey a sense of gravity during the Secession conventions.
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