Eight Years in Congress, from 1857-1865: Memoir and Speeches |
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... DEMOCRACY OF THE SEA - MARITIME RIGHTS . 169 SECESSION - COMPROMISE - NATIONALITY 188 EULOGY OF Douglas ..... 211 REPLY TO MR . GURLEY ON GENERAL MCCLELLAN 218 EMANCIPATION AND ITS RESULTS .. 236 MEANING OF THE ELECTIONS OF 1862 .. 259 ...
... DEMOCRACY OF THE SEA - MARITIME RIGHTS . 169 SECESSION - COMPROMISE - NATIONALITY 188 EULOGY OF Douglas ..... 211 REPLY TO MR . GURLEY ON GENERAL MCCLELLAN 218 EMANCIPATION AND ITS RESULTS .. 236 MEANING OF THE ELECTIONS OF 1862 .. 259 ...
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... Democratic principle which Madison laid down before the late war of 1812- " that war was only and rarely tolerable as a necessary evil , to be kept off as long , and whenever it takes place , to be closed as soon as possible . " When ...
... Democratic principle which Madison laid down before the late war of 1812- " that war was only and rarely tolerable as a necessary evil , to be kept off as long , and whenever it takes place , to be closed as soon as possible . " When ...
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... Democracy . When the census becomes 60,000,000 , or 100,000,000 , the questions of municipal independence , State rights , and local self - government may come with more force than ever before . In the judgment of the writer , it is ...
... Democracy . When the census becomes 60,000,000 , or 100,000,000 , the questions of municipal independence , State rights , and local self - government may come with more force than ever before . In the judgment of the writer , it is ...
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... Democracy of the Sea ; I could not have spoken as I did , had I believed that it had been outraged in that case . I desired , however , that the most important international question of our age the maritime rights of nations should ...
... Democracy of the Sea ; I could not have spoken as I did , had I believed that it had been outraged in that case . I desired , however , that the most important international question of our age the maritime rights of nations should ...
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... Democratic party , then in power , united wisely to thrust aside the fraudulent constitution of Kansas made at Lecompton , there would have been no distraction in its ranks in 1860. The Charleston Convention would have agreed . Most ...
... Democratic party , then in power , united wisely to thrust aside the fraudulent constitution of Kansas made at Lecompton , there would have been no distraction in its ranks in 1860. The Charleston Convention would have agreed . Most ...
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