A House Dividing: Lincoln as President Elect |
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... compromise - a perpetual peace between Slavery & Freedom , it is impossible . . . . Away with all Compromises . . . . ... At the start of this Compromise howl our people did not exactly know what to do ; but now they are upright & firm ...
... compromise - a perpetual peace between Slavery & Freedom , it is impossible . . . . Away with all Compromises . . . . ... At the start of this Compromise howl our people did not exactly know what to do ; but now they are upright & firm ...
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... compromise . He had been a Whig for many more years than he had been a Republican . And Whigs were , by definition , compromisers . The party itself was a compromise . It was no accident that Henry Clay , archi- tect of three compromises ...
... compromise . He had been a Whig for many more years than he had been a Republican . And Whigs were , by definition , compromisers . The party itself was a compromise . It was no accident that Henry Clay , archi- tect of three compromises ...
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... compromise , 216 , 240 ; 25 , 61-62 , 65 , 71 , 76 , 82-83 , 87 , 92-93 , 97-98 , 118– 119 , 130-131 , 145-146 , 154 ... Compromise , in earlier periods 41 ; in Congress , Ch . VII , passim . Congress , assembles , 97 ; compromise rum ...
... compromise , 216 , 240 ; 25 , 61-62 , 65 , 71 , 76 , 82-83 , 87 , 92-93 , 97-98 , 118– 119 , 130-131 , 145-146 , 154 ... Compromise , in earlier periods 41 ; in Congress , Ch . VII , passim . Congress , assembles , 97 ; compromise rum ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
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