Abraham LincolnThis volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces- the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican State Convention Speech and the Emancipation Proclamation - but hundreds of lesser-known ones, including excerpts from the Lincoln-Douglas debates, letters to Grant, McClellan, Stanton and his wife, and various meditations, verses and fragments. |
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... Constitution has itself established to decide Constitutional questions - has solemnly decided that such a Bank is constitutional . Protesting that these authorities ought to settle the question and ought to be conclusive , I will not ...
... Constitution has itself established to decide Constitutional questions - has solemnly decided that such a Bank is constitutional . Protesting that these authorities ought to settle the question and ought to be conclusive , I will not ...
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... Constitution . It was in these words : - " KANSAS AND HER CONSTITUTION . - The vexed question is settled . The problem is solved . The dead point of danger is passed . All serious trouble to Kansas affairs is over and gone'- " And a ...
... Constitution . It was in these words : - " KANSAS AND HER CONSTITUTION . - The vexed question is settled . The problem is solved . The dead point of danger is passed . All serious trouble to Kansas affairs is over and gone'- " And a ...
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... Constitution says " shall be done " and has omitted saying who shall do it , the government established by that Constitution , ex vi termini , is vested with the power of doing ; and Congress is , by the Constitution , expressly ...
... Constitution says " shall be done " and has omitted saying who shall do it , the government established by that Constitution , ex vi termini , is vested with the power of doing ; and Congress is , by the Constitution , expressly ...
Contents
Speech in the United States House | 27 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Copyright | |
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