Confederates

Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: maybe the confederates are the “founders” the teabaggers are always going on about. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Structure shows us that "the Beast" and his confederates are the two subjects with which we have to do. ❋ 1837-1913 (1909)

A discharge of fifty pieces of cannon from the confederates was the signal for battle, which commenced a little after eight. ❋ Unknown (1906)

But it happened that one of the principal persons among the confederates was an intimate friend of the man whose death they plotted; and instead of surprising him, he put him fully on his guard; and the gentleman was such a general favorite, and always had such a good escort of friends, that he did not fear his enemy; nor was he ever assailed. ❋ Unknown (1855)

Bostwick has hidden them from his confederates, which is pretty much like hiding them from all the world. ❋ Unknown (1852)

Esquerdes complained that the confederates were the mark of constant calumny, and demanded that the slanderers should be confronted with them and punished. ❋ John Lothrop Motley (1845)

My confederates were a man of the name of Johnson, who had been taken in the Snapdragon privateer, and an Irishman of the name of ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

The North imposed it's values on the South at the point of a gun. first, it was about culture and being told what to do with one's private property. second, if you want to call the confederates 'terrorists' then you'll need to call the union army 'dictators.' ❋ Cnn.com (2010)

Theoretically, both the Welsh and Scottish Tories could become becomed independent "confederates" of the English party, in much the same way that the Bavarian CSU is a confederate of the German CDU. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If Naszif had adopted that, they might consider him one of their "confederates," with a citizenship only slightly more restricted than that of native-born Herodians. ❋ Cook, Glen (1989)

Prior to the election of January 1910, the secret organization known as "confederates" was reported to have marked down all Unionist candidates who would not accept a course of policy approved of by this body. ❋ John H. Humphreys (N/A)

And first it lied that I had run away from my "confederates" of the ❋ Harry Kemp (1921)

His consultant is a shady RINO who is owned by all the status quo special interests in Columbia, and he's a member of a "whites only" country club where he pals around with his "confederates," including one named "Tumpy." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many of those who were so eager for Tariff Reform at all costs -- the "confederates" themselves -- would probably have protested most vigorously had the same policy of excluding competent men from Parliament been adopted for the attainment of political objects of which they did not approve, and the comment of _The Times_ on this exclusive policy reflects the opinion of those who value the representative character of the House of Commons more highly than an immediate party triumph: -- ❋ John H. Humphreys (N/A)

(what we call "confederates" in the biz) and were purposely jumping in with obviously wrong answers just to see what the real subject would do. ❋ Jamie Madigan (2010)

When the confederates were defeated, slavery ended. ❋ Unknown (2010)