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... POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS As a subject for the remarks of the evening , the perpetuation of our political institutions , is selected . In the great journal of things happening under the sun , we , the American people , find our account ...
... POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS As a subject for the remarks of the evening , the perpetuation of our political institutions , is selected . In the great journal of things happening under the sun , we , the American people , find our account ...
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... political revolution of '76 , we all are justly proud . It has given us a degree of political freedom , far exceeding that of any other of the nations of the earth . In it the world has found a solution of that long - mooted problem ...
... political revolution of '76 , we all are justly proud . It has given us a degree of political freedom , far exceeding that of any other of the nations of the earth . In it the world has found a solution of that long - mooted problem ...
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... political community , without a political superior " ? Tested by this , no one of our states , except Texas , ever was a sovereignty . And even Texas gave up the character on coming into the Union ; by which act , she acknowledged the ...
... political community , without a political superior " ? Tested by this , no one of our states , except Texas , ever was a sovereignty . And even Texas gave up the character on coming into the Union ; by which act , she acknowledged the ...
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New Salem | 3 |
Early Years in Springfield | 17 |
Prairie Politics | 71 |
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