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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... understanding , no line dividing local from federal authority , nor anything else , properly forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in federal territory . This time the prohibition became a law , being part of what is ...
... understanding , no line dividing local from federal authority , nor anything else , properly forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in federal territory . This time the prohibition became a law , being part of what is ...
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... understanding , any proper division between local and federal authority , or anything in the Constitution they had made themselves , and sworn to support , forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the federal ...
... understanding , any proper division between local and federal authority , or anything in the Constitution they had made themselves , and sworn to support , forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the federal ...
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... understanding upon that question would not have appeared different from that of their twenty - three compeers , had it been manifested at all . For the purpose of adhering rigidly to the text , I have purposely omitted whatever ...
... understanding upon that question would not have appeared different from that of their twenty - three compeers , had it been manifested at all . For the purpose of adhering rigidly to the text , I have purposely omitted whatever ...
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