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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Page 396
... Dred Scott Decision . Another one of the issues he says that is to be made with me , is upon his devotion to the Dred Scott Decision , and my opposition to it . I have expressed heretofore , and I now repeat , my opposition to the Dred ...
... Dred Scott Decision . Another one of the issues he says that is to be made with me , is upon his devotion to the Dred Scott Decision , and my opposition to it . I have expressed heretofore , and I now repeat , my opposition to the Dred ...
Page 420
... Dred Scott decision , that he stands on the Cin- cinnati platform . Now , I wish to know what the Judge can charge upon me , with respect to decisions of the Supreme Court which does not lie in all its length , breadth , and proportions ...
... Dred Scott decision , that he stands on the Cin- cinnati platform . Now , I wish to know what the Judge can charge upon me , with respect to decisions of the Supreme Court which does not lie in all its length , breadth , and proportions ...
Page 460
... Dred Scott decision . These things show there is a purpose strong as death and eternity for which he adheres to this decision , and for which he will adhere to all other decisions of the same court . A Hibernian .— “ Give us something ...
... Dred Scott decision . These things show there is a purpose strong as death and eternity for which he adheres to this decision , and for which he will adhere to all other decisions of the same court . A Hibernian .— “ Give us something ...
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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