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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Page 54
... officers should be elected by the Legislature , in joint convention . Though he had been but a little more than a year in the State , and was scarcely to be regarded as an expert in the profession of the law , Mr. Douglas presented ...
... officers should be elected by the Legislature , in joint convention . Though he had been but a little more than a year in the State , and was scarcely to be regarded as an expert in the profession of the law , Mr. Douglas presented ...
Page 65
... officers of the court and the volunteer attorney sat at the tea - table of their hotel , a messen- ger announced that the jury had returned to their seats . All repaired immediately to the court - house , and while the prisoner was ...
... officers of the court and the volunteer attorney sat at the tea - table of their hotel , a messen- ger announced that the jury had returned to their seats . All repaired immediately to the court - house , and while the prisoner was ...
Page 87
... officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men could do , and hundreds of things which it had ever before been thought that men could not do ; after all this , this same President gives us a long message without ...
... officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men could do , and hundreds of things which it had ever before been thought that men could not do ; after all this , this same President gives us a long message without ...
Page 124
... officer to be elected , was but imperfectly made . In some parts of the State , there was even no distribution of tickets containing the name of this candidate . The result , even under these unfavorable circum- stances , and in spite ...
... officer to be elected , was but imperfectly made . In some parts of the State , there was even no distribution of tickets containing the name of this candidate . The result , even under these unfavorable circum- stances , and in spite ...
Page 169
... Officers , and so on , we allowed these things to happen for want of suffi- cient attention , and we have no cause to complain of our adversaries , so far as this matter is concerned . But we have some cause to complain of the refusal ...
... Officers , and so on , we allowed these things to happen for want of suffi- cient attention , and we have no cause to complain of our adversaries , so far as this matter is concerned . But we have some cause to complain of the refusal ...
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