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... with such population as she hight have when she made application . We are informed that every Democratic candidate for Congress in all the States where elections have recently been held was pledged against 16 [ Oct. 15 Stephen A. Douglas.
... with such population as she hight have when she made application . We are informed that every Democratic candidate for Congress in all the States where elections have recently been held was pledged against 16 [ Oct. 15 Stephen A. Douglas.
Page 41
... apply it in all cases . He illustrates this by bringing forward the cases of females , minors , and insane per- sons , with whom it cannot be enforced ; but he says that it is true as an abstract principle in the organization of society ...
... apply it in all cases . He illustrates this by bringing forward the cases of females , minors , and insane per- sons , with whom it cannot be enforced ; but he says that it is true as an abstract principle in the organization of society ...
Page 43
... apply these principles to the old States for the purpose of abolishing slavery in those States . It is nothing but a miserable perversion of what I have said , to assume that I have declared Mis- souri , or any other slave State , shall ...
... apply these principles to the old States for the purpose of abolishing slavery in those States . It is nothing but a miserable perversion of what I have said , to assume that I have declared Mis- souri , or any other slave State , shall ...
Page 81
... apply to every new change of circumstances such reme- dy as they may see fit to improve their condition . This right they have for all time to come . Mr. Lincoln went on to tell you that he does not at all desire to interfere with ...
... apply to every new change of circumstances such reme- dy as they may see fit to improve their condition . This right they have for all time to come . Mr. Lincoln went on to tell you that he does not at all desire to interfere with ...
Page 103
... application of steam wiser or more ingenious than those who had gone before him ? Not at all . Had he not learned much of those , he never would have succeeded , probably never would have thought of making the attempt . To be fruitful ...
... application of steam wiser or more ingenious than those who had gone before him ? Not at all . Had he not learned much of those , he never would have succeeded , probably never would have thought of making the attempt . To be fruitful ...
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Page 45 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 174 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 142 - I have no purpose directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 180 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 144 - ... only because they want to vote, and eat, and sleep, and marry with negroes! He will have it that they cannot be consistent else. Now I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that because I do not want a black woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife.
Page 294 - ... understood the question just as well, and even better than we do now." But enough. Let all who believe that " our fathers, who framed the Government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now," speak as they spoke, and act as they acted upon it.
Page 35 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 364 - Is it not adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Page 144 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 287 - ... to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn, in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.