The History of Abraham Lincoln and the Overthrow of Slavery |
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... Friends of Freedom - Mr . Lincoln Reads the Proclama- tion to his Cabinet - Issued on the 22d of September - After the Battle of Antietam - Incidents Connected with it - How Re- ceived . ..283 CHAPTER XIV . MILITARY OPERATIONS OF 1862 ...
... Friends of Freedom - Mr . Lincoln Reads the Proclama- tion to his Cabinet - Issued on the 22d of September - After the Battle of Antietam - Incidents Connected with it - How Re- ceived . ..283 CHAPTER XIV . MILITARY OPERATIONS OF 1862 ...
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... friends of liberty and civilization , as demon- strating man's ability , safely , wisely , and judiciously , to administer the government . But there was one anomaly - one great disease preying upon the body politic - African slavery ...
... friends of liberty and civilization , as demon- strating man's ability , safely , wisely , and judiciously , to administer the government . But there was one anomaly - one great disease preying upon the body politic - African slavery ...
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... friends of President Van Buren , indignant at , and deter- mined to revenge his sacrifice by the slave power . The free soil party conducted the canvass against the old parties , with an eloquence of the tongue and pen - with an ability ...
... friends of President Van Buren , indignant at , and deter- mined to revenge his sacrifice by the slave power . The free soil party conducted the canvass against the old parties , with an eloquence of the tongue and pen - with an ability ...
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... friends of the bill , that under this rule , the discussion might be continued indefinitely and never brought to a vote . Then the keen intellect and shrewd parliamentary tactics of Stephens were again brought into requsition . He dug ...
... friends of the bill , that under this rule , the discussion might be continued indefinitely and never brought to a vote . Then the keen intellect and shrewd parliamentary tactics of Stephens were again brought into requsition . He dug ...
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... friends of the measure triumphed through the power of Executive patronage and the dead weight of majorities ; but no party ever paid such a price for success . There never was a more skillful and gallant parlia mentary fight made , than ...
... friends of the measure triumphed through the power of Executive patronage and the dead weight of majorities ; but no party ever paid such a price for success . There never was a more skillful and gallant parlia mentary fight made , than ...
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