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 307
... South Caro- lina and Maine . South Carolina has six representatives , and so has Maine ; South Carolina has eight presidential electors , and so has Maine . This is precise equality so far ; and , of course they are equal in Senators ...
... South Caro- lina and Maine . South Carolina has six representatives , and so has Maine ; South Carolina has eight presidential electors , and so has Maine . This is precise equality so far ; and , of course they are equal in Senators ...
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... South Carolina is the same as two men here . Maine should have twice as many men in Congress as South Carolina . It is a fact that any man in South Carolina has more influence and power in Congress to - HIS SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 341.
... South Carolina is the same as two men here . Maine should have twice as many men in Congress as South Carolina . It is a fact that any man in South Carolina has more influence and power in Congress to - HIS SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 341.
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... South stand- ing calmly by to finally cry going , going , gone , to the highest bid- der ; and , at the same time , to make its power more distinctly seen , and thereby to secure a still higher bid at the next succeeding struggle ...
... South stand- ing calmly by to finally cry going , going , gone , to the highest bid- der ; and , at the same time , to make its power more distinctly seen , and thereby to secure a still higher bid at the next succeeding struggle ...
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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