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Page 78
... Whig members stayed away each day to prevent a quorum from acting . Two days before the regular session would begin , Lincoln and two Whig friends took seats in the House to enjoy the frus- tration of their opponents . Failing to note ...
... Whig members stayed away each day to prevent a quorum from acting . Two days before the regular session would begin , Lincoln and two Whig friends took seats in the House to enjoy the frus- tration of their opponents . Failing to note ...
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... Whig that the Whig nomination practically assured election . This very fact , however , brought strong Whig leaders to the fore , and two of them , John J. Hardin of Jacksonville , in Morgan County , and Edward D. Baker of Springfield ...
... Whig that the Whig nomination practically assured election . This very fact , however , brought strong Whig leaders to the fore , and two of them , John J. Hardin of Jacksonville , in Morgan County , and Edward D. Baker of Springfield ...
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... whig principles , and the course of the whig party for the past two years . Besides his own dead weight , Logan had to carry the votes of the whig party , including Lincoln , that the war was unconstitutional and unnec- essary ...
... whig principles , and the course of the whig party for the past two years . Besides his own dead weight , Logan had to carry the votes of the whig party , including Lincoln , that the war was unconstitutional and unnec- essary ...
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The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
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