Life of Abraham Lincoln, Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress: Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a Concise History of the WarMoore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865 - 510 pages |
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... Lecompton Constitution . Availing himself of some local issue or other , and being a man of conceded ability , of highly respectable Whig antecedents and connections , he had slipped in by a small majority , crowding out the lowest ...
... Lecompton Constitution . Availing himself of some local issue or other , and being a man of conceded ability , of highly respectable Whig antecedents and connections , he had slipped in by a small majority , crowding out the lowest ...
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... Lecompton Constitution , the legitimate fruit of the Kansas - Nebraska bill , and substantially approved by him in advance , in a speech made in Springfield , in 1857 . Mr. Douglas visited several parts of the State , vainly attempt ...
... Lecompton Constitution , the legitimate fruit of the Kansas - Nebraska bill , and substantially approved by him in advance , in a speech made in Springfield , in 1857 . Mr. Douglas visited several parts of the State , vainly attempt ...
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... Lecompton Constitution . John Calhoun the chosen instrument of the Administration for car- rying out its plot to defeat " Popular Sovereignty " in Kansas , was one of the special friends of Douglas , and understood to share his intimate ...
... Lecompton Constitution . John Calhoun the chosen instrument of the Administration for car- rying out its plot to defeat " Popular Sovereignty " in Kansas , was one of the special friends of Douglas , and understood to share his intimate ...
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... Lecompton Convention , or that he anticipated the formation of a pro - slavery Constitution , for which he meant to charge the blame upon the Free State men and upon the Republican party in general , anticipating then that the non ...
... Lecompton Convention , or that he anticipated the formation of a pro - slavery Constitution , for which he meant to charge the blame upon the Free State men and upon the Republican party in general , anticipating then that the non ...
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... Lecompton , under that act ; and that if they did not obtain such a Constitution as they desired , it would be their own fault - plainly implying that they must submit to such action as should be taken . He left himself scarcely a ...
... Lecompton , under that act ; and that if they did not obtain such a Constitution as they desired , it would be their own fault - plainly implying that they must submit to such action as should be taken . He left himself scarcely a ...
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