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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... 242 CHAPTER XVII . THE THIRTY - EIGHTH CONGRESS . Organization of the House - Different Opinions as to Reconstruction - Provisions for Par- Jn of Rebels - President's Proclamation of Pardon - Annual Message - Explanatory Proclamation ...
... 242 CHAPTER XVII . THE THIRTY - EIGHTH CONGRESS . Organization of the House - Different Opinions as to Reconstruction - Provisions for Par- Jn of Rebels - President's Proclamation of Pardon - Annual Message - Explanatory Proclamation ...
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... organized the Territory of Mississippi . In the act of organization they prohibited the bringing of slaves into the Territory , from any place without the United States , by fine and giving freedom to slaves so brought . This act passed ...
... organized the Territory of Mississippi . In the act of organization they prohibited the bringing of slaves into the Territory , from any place without the United States , by fine and giving freedom to slaves so brought . This act passed ...
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... organized . What in- duced the Southampton insurrection , twenty - eight years ago , in which , at least , three times as many lives were lost as at Harper's Ferry ? You can scarcely stretch your very elastic fancy to the conclusion ...
... organized . What in- duced the Southampton insurrection , twenty - eight years ago , in which , at least , three times as many lives were lost as at Harper's Ferry ? You can scarcely stretch your very elastic fancy to the conclusion ...
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... organization ? Human action can be modified to some extent , but human nature cannot be changed . There is a judgment and a feeling against slavery in this nation . which cast at least a million and a half of votes . You can- not ...
... organization ? Human action can be modified to some extent , but human nature cannot be changed . There is a judgment and a feeling against slavery in this nation . which cast at least a million and a half of votes . You can- not ...
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... organization which rallies around it . You can scarcely scatter and disperse an army which has been formed into order in the face of your heaviest fire ; but if you could , how much would you gain by forcing the sentiment which created ...
... organization which rallies around it . You can scarcely scatter and disperse an army which has been formed into order in the face of your heaviest fire ; but if you could , how much would you gain by forcing the sentiment which created ...
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