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 284
... territory . He prevailed on the Virginia legisla- ture to adopt his views , and to cede the territory , making the prohibition of slavery therein , a condition of the deed . * Congress accepted the cession , with the condition ; and in ...
... territory . He prevailed on the Virginia legisla- ture to adopt his views , and to cede the territory , making the prohibition of slavery therein , a condition of the deed . * Congress accepted the cession , with the condition ; and in ...
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... territory that did not belong to them , in the sense that a State belongs to the people who inhabit it , -when it belonged to the nation - such right to govern themselves was called " Squatter Sovereignty . " " Now , I wish you to mark ...
... territory that did not belong to them , in the sense that a State belongs to the people who inhabit it , -when it belonged to the nation - such right to govern themselves was called " Squatter Sovereignty . " " Now , I wish you to mark ...
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... Territory , and no other , the Congress of the Confederation had before them the question of prohibiting slavery in that Territory ; and four of the " thirty - nine " who afterward framed the Constitution , were in that Congress , and ...
... Territory , and no other , the Congress of the Confederation had before them the question of prohibiting slavery in that Territory ; and four of the " thirty - nine " who afterward framed the Constitution , were in that Congress , and ...
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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