Abraham Lincoln Goes to New YorkStory of the country lawyer's first trip to sophisticated New York, and full text of famous Cooper Union speech he delivered there February 27, 1860. |
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... question . They were William Blount and William Few ; and they both voted for the prohibition- thus showing that , in their understanding , no line dividing local from federal authority , nor anything else , properly forbade the Federal ...
... question . They were William Blount and William Few ; and they both voted for the prohibition- thus showing that , in their understanding , no line dividing local from federal authority , nor anything else , properly forbade the Federal ...
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... question . But for what reasons they so voted is not known . They may have done so because they thought a proper division of local from federal authority , or some provision or principle of the Constitution , stood in the way ; or they ...
... question . But for what reasons they so voted is not known . They may have done so because they thought a proper division of local from federal authority , or some provision or principle of the Constitution , stood in the way ; or they ...
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... question of federal control of slavery in the federal territories . But there is much reason to be- lieve that their understanding upon that question would not have appeared different from that of their twenty - three compeers , had it ...
... question of federal control of slavery in the federal territories . But there is much reason to be- lieve that their understanding upon that question would not have appeared different from that of their twenty - three compeers , had it ...
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