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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... condition ? Let any one who doubts , carefully contemplate that now almost com- plete legal combination - piece of machinery , so to speak- compounded of the Nebraska doctrine , and the Dred Scott decision . Let him consider not only ...
... condition ? Let any one who doubts , carefully contemplate that now almost com- plete legal combination - piece of machinery , so to speak- compounded of the Nebraska doctrine , and the Dred Scott decision . Let him consider not only ...
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... condition by the ceding States that the Federal Government should not prohibit slavery in the ceded country . Besides this , slavery was then actually in the ceded country . Under these circumstances , Congress , on taking charge of ...
... condition by the ceding States that the Federal Government should not prohibit slavery in the ceded country . Besides this , slavery was then actually in the ceded country . Under these circumstances , Congress , on taking charge of ...
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... conditions . If you would have the peace of the old times , re - adopt the precepts and policy of the old times . " You charge that we stir up insurrections among your slaves . We deny it . And what is your proof ? Harper's Ferry John ...
... conditions . If you would have the peace of the old times , re - adopt the precepts and policy of the old times . " You charge that we stir up insurrections among your slaves . We deny it . And what is your proof ? Harper's Ferry John ...
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... condition , had a tried and trusty friend . The committee , appointed to apprise him of his nomination , found him at his home , in Springfield , a frame two - storied house , apparently about thirty - five or forty feet square , stand ...
... condition , had a tried and trusty friend . The committee , appointed to apprise him of his nomination , found him at his home , in Springfield , a frame two - storied house , apparently about thirty - five or forty feet square , stand ...
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... condition of the country . It is naturally expected that I should say something upon this subject , but to touch upon it at all would involve an elaborate discussion of a great many questions and circumstances , would require more time ...
... condition of the country . It is naturally expected that I should say something upon this subject , but to touch upon it at all would involve an elaborate discussion of a great many questions and circumstances , would require more time ...
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