Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented DemiseLommis National Library Association, 1888 - 842 pages Written in 1864 by a political contemporary, this is a work of nineteenth-century American biographic literature. It contains Lincoln's most masterful speeches and writings, along with a contemporary history of the Civil War. |
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... Principle " -Territories not States - Doctrines of the Fathers - His Cincinnati Speech- " Shooting Over the Line " -What the Republicans Mean to Do - Plain Questions to the Democracy- The People Above Courts and Congress - Uniting the ...
... Principle " -Territories not States - Doctrines of the Fathers - His Cincinnati Speech- " Shooting Over the Line " -What the Republicans Mean to Do - Plain Questions to the Democracy- The People Above Courts and Congress - Uniting the ...
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... principles . Henry Clay was his model as a statesman , and always continued such , while any issues were left to contend for , of the celebrated American system of the great Kentuckian . During the time Mr. Lincoln was pursuing his law ...
... principles . Henry Clay was his model as a statesman , and always continued such , while any issues were left to contend for , of the celebrated American system of the great Kentuckian . During the time Mr. Lincoln was pursuing his law ...
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... principles repeatedly in the ascendant , though unable to control the details of their practical applica- tion . This was true more particularly in regard to banks and internal improvements . Though inferior in numbers , the Whigs had ...
... principles repeatedly in the ascendant , though unable to control the details of their practical applica- tion . This was true more particularly in regard to banks and internal improvements . Though inferior in numbers , the Whigs had ...
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... principle , was by no means so skillfully done or so safely guarded as it should have been , and habitually was done ... principles of the " American system , " were sup- ported by Mr. Lincoln and his Whig associates . Not LIFE OF ...
... principle , was by no means so skillfully done or so safely guarded as it should have been , and habitually was done ... principles of the " American system , " were sup- ported by Mr. Lincoln and his Whig associates . Not LIFE OF ...
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... principle in general , was compelled to fol- low pretty closely in the wake of its adversary , in some of its most distinctive features of public policy . The question of internal improvements was one of these . And while the Dem ...
... principle in general , was compelled to fol- low pretty closely in the wake of its adversary , in some of its most distinctive features of public policy . The question of internal improvements was one of these . And while the Dem ...
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LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Joseph H. (Joseph Hartwell) 18 Barrett,Making of America Project No preview available - 2016 |
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