Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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Page 67
... Senator Benton drew a pistol on Senator Foote . Yet in the end , the compromise was adopted and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed . Then , in 1854 , Stephen A. Douglas , United States Senator from Illinois , intro- duced a bill ...
... Senator Benton drew a pistol on Senator Foote . Yet in the end , the compromise was adopted and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed . Then , in 1854 , Stephen A. Douglas , United States Senator from Illinois , intro- duced a bill ...
Page 68
... Senate in 1854 , but he gave up his chance and threw his strength to Ly- man Trumbull , a weaker candidate , rather than risk the election of a pro - slavery Senator . Miss Tarbell gives this picture of Lincoln by his friend , Judge ...
... Senate in 1854 , but he gave up his chance and threw his strength to Ly- man Trumbull , a weaker candidate , rather than risk the election of a pro - slavery Senator . Miss Tarbell gives this picture of Lincoln by his friend , Judge ...
Page 70
... Senator Butler , of South Carolina , stole up behind Senator Sumner , who had brilliantly defended the Free Soilers of Kansas , and beat him on the head with a heavy cane till he fell unconscious . The pro - slavery Kan- sans sacked the ...
... Senator Butler , of South Carolina , stole up behind Senator Sumner , who had brilliantly defended the Free Soilers of Kansas , and beat him on the head with a heavy cane till he fell unconscious . The pro - slavery Kan- sans sacked the ...
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