Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1896 |
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Page 166
... Confederacy ; Edward Everett , of Massachusetts , the candidate for the vice - presi- dency , became a Republican . The party never had a hope of electing its men ; but its existence increased the chance of throwing the election into ...
... Confederacy ; Edward Everett , of Massachusetts , the candidate for the vice - presi- dency , became a Republican . The party never had a hope of electing its men ; but its existence increased the chance of throwing the election into ...
Page 179
... Confederacy Lincoln did not get one half of the popular vote . South Carolina is not included in any calculation concerning the popular vote , because she chose electors by her legislature . 3 Letter of Henry A. Wise , of Virginia , May ...
... Confederacy Lincoln did not get one half of the popular vote . South Carolina is not included in any calculation concerning the popular vote , because she chose electors by her legislature . 3 Letter of Henry A. Wise , of Virginia , May ...
Page 193
... possesses " the right to break the tie of the Confederacy , as a nation might break a treaty , and to repel coercion as a nation might repel inva- sion . " Local elections in New York and Massachusetts " showed a INTERREGNUM . 193.
... possesses " the right to break the tie of the Confederacy , as a nation might break a treaty , and to repel coercion as a nation might repel inva- sion . " Local elections in New York and Massachusetts " showed a INTERREGNUM . 193.
Page 205
... Confederacy . On the third day thereafter a plan for a provisional government , substantially identical with the Constitution of the United States , was adopted . On February 9 the oath of allegiance was taken , and Jefferson Davis and ...
... Confederacy . On the third day thereafter a plan for a provisional government , substantially identical with the Constitution of the United States , was adopted . On February 9 the oath of allegiance was taken , and Jefferson Davis and ...
Page 238
... confederates . From the Confed- erate point of view these approaches were dignified and conciliatory ; from the Northern point of view they were treasonable and insolent . Probably the best fruit which Mr. Davis hoped from them was that ...
... confederates . From the Confed- erate point of view these approaches were dignified and conciliatory ; from the Northern point of view they were treasonable and insolent . Probably the best fruit which Mr. Davis hoped from them was that ...
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