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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... measure ; and down they voted the amend- ment . " While the Nebraska Bill was passing through Congress , a law case , involving the question of a negro's freedom , by The Dred Scott Case . In the Supreme Court . IN CONGRESS AND ON THE ...
... measure ; and down they voted the amend- ment . " While the Nebraska Bill was passing through Congress , a law case , involving the question of a negro's freedom , by The Dred Scott Case . In the Supreme Court . IN CONGRESS AND ON THE ...
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... measures . After being introduced in highly complimentary terms by the venerable William Cullen Bryant , who presided on the occasion , he proceeded : " MR . PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF NEW YORK : — The facts with which I shall ...
... measures . After being introduced in highly complimentary terms by the venerable William Cullen Bryant , who presided on the occasion , he proceeded : " MR . PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF NEW YORK : — The facts with which I shall ...
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... measure , however expedient he may think it ; but one may and ought to vote against a measure which he deems constitutional , if , at the same time , he deems it inex- pedient . It , therefore , would be unsafe to set down even the two ...
... measure , however expedient he may think it ; but one may and ought to vote against a measure which he deems constitutional , if , at the same time , he deems it inex- pedient . It , therefore , would be unsafe to set down even the two ...
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... measure , expressing , in the same con- nection , his hope that we should some time have a confederacy of free States . " Bearing this in mind , and seeing that sectionalism has since arisen upon this same subject , is that warning a ...
... measure , expressing , in the same con- nection , his hope that we should some time have a confederacy of free States . " Bearing this in mind , and seeing that sectionalism has since arisen upon this same subject , is that warning a ...
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... measure to comprehend and revere . In response to this address , Mr. Lincoln said : " MR . CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE : I tender to you , and through you to the Republican National Convention , and all the people ...
... measure to comprehend and revere . In response to this address , Mr. Lincoln said : " MR . CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE : I tender to you , and through you to the Republican National Convention , and all the people ...
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