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... argument which Lovejoy , and Codding , and other Abolition lecturers had made familiar in the northern and central portions of the State , to wit : that the Declaration of Independence having declared all men free and equal by Di- vine ...
... argument which Lovejoy , and Codding , and other Abolition lecturers had made familiar in the northern and central portions of the State , to wit : that the Declaration of Independence having declared all men free and equal by Di- vine ...
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... arguments home on Mr. Lincoln for seven weeks , publishing a number of my speeches , we met at Ottawa in joint discussion , and he then began to crawfish a little , and let himself down . I there pro- pounded certain questions to him ...
... arguments home on Mr. Lincoln for seven weeks , publishing a number of my speeches , we met at Ottawa in joint discussion , and he then began to crawfish a little , and let himself down . I there pro- pounded certain questions to him ...
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... as a wrong is the sentiment of the Republi- can party . It is the sentiment around which all their actions , all their arguments , circle ; from which all their propositions radiate . They look upon it 1858 ] 59 Reply at Alton.
... as a wrong is the sentiment of the Republi- can party . It is the sentiment around which all their actions , all their arguments , circle ; from which all their propositions radiate . They look upon it 1858 ] 59 Reply at Alton.
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... arguments and propositions , are brought within this range . I have said , and I repeat it here , that if there be a man amongst us who does not think that the institution of slavery is wrong in any one of the aspects of which I have ...
... arguments and propositions , are brought within this range . I have said , and I repeat it here , that if there be a man amongst us who does not think that the institution of slavery is wrong in any one of the aspects of which I have ...
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... argument made in favor of the sys- tem you have proposed , and it carefully excludes the idea that there is anything wrong in the in- stitution of slavery . The arguments to sustain that policy carefully exclude it . Even here to- day ...
... argument made in favor of the sys- tem you have proposed , and it carefully excludes the idea that there is anything wrong in the in- stitution of slavery . The arguments to sustain that policy carefully exclude it . Even here to- day ...
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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.