The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters, and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished, and Illustrated with Many Reproductions from Original Paintings, Photographs, Etc, Volume 2Lincoln History Society, 1900 - Presidents |
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... in the summer of 1849 summoned him to the capital to urge him to accept the governorship of Oregon . The Territory ... United States Senate . Unquestionably , a splendid politi- cal prospect was thus opened . Many of Lincoln's friends ...
... in the summer of 1849 summoned him to the capital to urge him to accept the governorship of Oregon . The Territory ... United States Senate . Unquestionably , a splendid politi- cal prospect was thus opened . Many of Lincoln's friends ...
Page 74
... States , may come in with or without slavery , as they may then choose ; and the North got the slave - trade ... Senate of the United States , introduced a bill to give Nebraska and Kansas the de- sired government , to which later he ...
... States , may come in with or without slavery , as they may then choose ; and the North got the slave - trade ... Senate of the United States , introduced a bill to give Nebraska and Kansas the de- sired government , to which later he ...
Page 86
... State was in the hands of a pro - slavery mob , her Gov- ernor a prisoner , her capital in ruins , her voters intimidated . The newspapers were full of accounts of the attack on Sum- ner in the United States Senate by Brooks . One of the ...
... State was in the hands of a pro - slavery mob , her Gov- ernor a prisoner , her capital in ruins , her voters intimidated . The newspapers were full of accounts of the attack on Sum- ner in the United States Senate by Brooks . One of the ...
Page 95
... of the first important ones was delivered on July 4 , 1856 , at a great mass ... Senate , and the temptation to deliver a stirring and indignant oration must ... United States on that critical 4th of July , 1856 , when the very foundation ...
... of the first important ones was delivered on July 4 , 1856 , at a great mass ... Senate , and the temptation to deliver a stirring and indignant oration must ... United States on that critical 4th of July , 1856 , when the very foundation ...
Page 103
... Senator Douglas was the most brilliant figure in the political life of the day . Winning in personality , fearless as an ... United States Senate , where he had influenced all the important legislation of the day and met in debate every ...
... Senator Douglas was the most brilliant figure in the political life of the day . Winning in personality , fearless as an ... United States Senate , where he had influenced all the important legislation of the day and met in debate every ...
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