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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... Wilmot proviso , General Taylor's course is at least as well defined as is Gen- eral Cass's . Why , in their eagerness to get at General Tay- lor , several Democratic members here have desired to know whether , in case of his election ...
... Wilmot proviso , General Taylor's course is at least as well defined as is Gen- eral Cass's . Why , in their eagerness to get at General Tay- lor , several Democratic members here have desired to know whether , in case of his election ...
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... Wilmot proviso . I am a Northern man , or , rather , a Western free State man , with a constituency I believe to be , and with per- sonal feelings I know to be , against the extension of slavery . As such , and with what information I ...
... Wilmot proviso . I am a Northern man , or , rather , a Western free State man , with a constituency I believe to be , and with per- sonal feelings I know to be , against the extension of slavery . As such , and with what information I ...
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... Wilmot Proviso , In the Wash- ington Union , of March 2 , 1847 , there is a report of the speech of Gen. Cass , made the day before in the Senate , on the Wilmot Proviso , during the delivery of which , Mr. Miller , of New Jersey , is ...
... Wilmot Proviso , In the Wash- ington Union , of March 2 , 1847 , there is a report of the speech of Gen. Cass , made the day before in the Senate , on the Wilmot Proviso , during the delivery of which , Mr. Miller , of New Jersey , is ...
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... Wilmot Proviso has been before the country some time . It has been repeatedly discussed in Congress , and by the public press . I am strongly impressed with the opinion that a great change has been going on in the public mind upon this ...
... Wilmot Proviso has been before the country some time . It has been repeatedly discussed in Congress , and by the public press . I am strongly impressed with the opinion that a great change has been going on in the public mind upon this ...
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