Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... Legislature , reminds me of my own . I was not at Stillman's defeat , but I was about as near it as Cass to Hull's surrender ; and like him , I saw the place very soon afterward . It is quite certain I did not break my sword , for I had ...
... Legislature , reminds me of my own . I was not at Stillman's defeat , but I was about as near it as Cass to Hull's surrender ; and like him , I saw the place very soon afterward . It is quite certain I did not break my sword , for I had ...
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... Legislature , he had devoted him- self , as best he could - considering the necessity he was under of eking out a support for himself , and the demands made upon his time by his political associates - to mastering his chosen profession ...
... Legislature , he had devoted him- self , as best he could - considering the necessity he was under of eking out a support for himself , and the demands made upon his time by his political associates - to mastering his chosen profession ...
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... Legislature that year having to choose a United States Senator , and for the first time in the history of the State , the election of one opposed to the Democratic party being within the reach of possibility , Mr. Lincoln , although the ...
... Legislature that year having to choose a United States Senator , and for the first time in the history of the State , the election of one opposed to the Democratic party being within the reach of possibility , Mr. Lincoln , although the ...
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... Legislature can exclude slavery from any United States Territory . " This point is made in order that individual men may fill up the Territories with slaves , without danger of losing them as property , and thus to enhance the chances ...
... Legislature can exclude slavery from any United States Territory . " This point is made in order that individual men may fill up the Territories with slaves , without danger of losing them as property , and thus to enhance the chances ...
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... Legislature , to exclude slavery from any United States . Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Constitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to exclude it . Possibly , this was a mere omission ; but ...
... Legislature , to exclude slavery from any United States . Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Constitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to exclude it . Possibly , this was a mere omission ; but ...
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