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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... believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . " Springfield , Illinois , June , 1858 . " I am exceedingly anxious that this Union , the Constitution , and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated ...
... believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . " Springfield , Illinois , June , 1858 . " I am exceedingly anxious that this Union , the Constitution , and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated ...
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... believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than abate its evils . " They believe that the Congress of the United States ...
... believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than abate its evils . " They believe that the Congress of the United States ...
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... believe this Government can not endure , permanently , half slave and half free . I do not ex- pect the 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 ...
... believe this Government can not endure , permanently , half slave and half free . I do not ex- pect the 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 ...
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... believe that Stephen and Franklin and Roger and James all understood one another from the beginning , and all worked upon a common plan or draft drawn up before the first blow was struck . " It should not be overlooked that , by the ...
... believe that Stephen and Franklin and Roger and James all understood one another from the beginning , and all worked upon a common plan or draft drawn up before the first blow was struck . " It should not be overlooked that , by the ...
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... believe an effort to revive that trade is approaching ? He has not said so . Does he really think so ? But if it is , how can he resist it ? For years he has labored to prove it a sacred right of white men to take negro slaves into the ...
... believe an effort to revive that trade is approaching ? He has not said so . Does he really think so ? But if it is , how can he resist it ? For years he has labored to prove it a sacred right of white men to take negro slaves into the ...
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