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William Henry Seward George E. Baker. union was not founded in voluntary choice , nor does it exist by voluntary consent . A union was proposed to the colonies by Franklin and others , in 1754 ; but such was their aversion to an ...
William Henry Seward George E. Baker. union was not founded in voluntary choice , nor does it exist by voluntary consent . A union was proposed to the colonies by Franklin and others , in 1754 ; but such was their aversion to an ...
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... Union , I should say No. Still more , if the proposition were to conquer such a people to bring them into the Union , I should resist it to the last . But these questions have all gone by . You have conquered these people . You have ...
... Union , I should say No. Still more , if the proposition were to conquer such a people to bring them into the Union , I should resist it to the last . But these questions have all gone by . You have conquered these people . You have ...
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... union can exist but by the sacrifice of freedom to the supremacy of slavery . They respectfully ask Congress to propose without delay some plan for the immediate and peaceful dissolution of the American Union . THE VICE - PRESIDENT ...
... union can exist but by the sacrifice of freedom to the supremacy of slavery . They respectfully ask Congress to propose without delay some plan for the immediate and peaceful dissolution of the American Union . THE VICE - PRESIDENT ...
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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