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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... Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided . It will be- come all one thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it , and ...
... Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided . It will be- come all one thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it , and ...
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... Union . and bear in mind always that you have as good hearts in your bosoms as other people , or as we claim to have , and treat you accordingly . We mean to marry your girls when we have a chance - the white ones I mean - and I have ...
... Union . and bear in mind always that you have as good hearts in your bosoms as other people , or as we claim to have , and treat you accordingly . We mean to marry your girls when we have a chance - the white ones I mean - and I have ...
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... Union ; and then , you say , the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ! " That is cool . A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear , and mutters through his teeth , ' stand and deliver , or I shall kill you , and then you will ...
... Union ; and then , you say , the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ! " That is cool . A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear , and mutters through his teeth , ' stand and deliver , or I shall kill you , and then you will ...
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... Union appeals beseeching true Union men to yield to Disunionists , reversing the Divine rule , and calling , not the sinners , but the righteous to repentance - such as invocations to Washing- ton , imploring men to unsay what ...
... Union appeals beseeching true Union men to yield to Disunionists , reversing the Divine rule , and calling , not the sinners , but the righteous to repentance - such as invocations to Washing- ton , imploring men to unsay what ...
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... Union Convention - Ballotings at Chicago - The Result - Enthusiastic Reception - Visit to Springfield - Address and Letter of Acceptance - The Campaign - Result of the Election -South Carolina's Movements - Buchanan's pusillanimity ...
... Union Convention - Ballotings at Chicago - The Result - Enthusiastic Reception - Visit to Springfield - Address and Letter of Acceptance - The Campaign - Result of the Election -South Carolina's Movements - Buchanan's pusillanimity ...
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