Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 182
... Nebraska . That perfect liberty they sigh for - the liberty of making slaves of other people - Jefferson never thought of , their own fathers never thought of , they never thought of themselves , a year ago . How fortunate for them they ...
... Nebraska . That perfect liberty they sigh for - the liberty of making slaves of other people - Jefferson never thought of , their own fathers never thought of , they never thought of themselves , a year ago . How fortunate for them they ...
Page 183
... Nebraska . Whether there should or should not be slavery south of that line , nothing was said in the law . But Arkansas constituted the principal remaining part south of the line ; and it has since been admitted as a slave State ...
... Nebraska . Whether there should or should not be slavery south of that line , nothing was said in the law . But Arkansas constituted the principal remaining part south of the line ; and it has since been admitted as a slave State ...
Page 185
... Nebraska had remained substan- tially an uninhabited country , but now emigration to and settle- ment within it began to take place . It is about one third as large as the present United States , and its importance , so long overlooked ...
... Nebraska had remained substan- tially an uninhabited country , but now emigration to and settle- ment within it began to take place . It is about one third as large as the present United States , and its importance , so long overlooked ...
Page 186
... Nebraska terri- torial government . He accompanies this bill with a report , in which last he expressly recommends that the Missouri Compromise shall neither be affirmed nor repealed . Before long the bill is so modified as to make two ...
... Nebraska terri- torial government . He accompanies this bill with a report , in which last he expressly recommends that the Missouri Compromise shall neither be affirmed nor repealed . Before long the bill is so modified as to make two ...
Page 187
... Nebraska , can hardly be distinguished on any moral principle , and the repeal of the former could find quite as plausible excuses as that of the latter . The arguments by which the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is sought to be ...
... Nebraska , can hardly be distinguished on any moral principle , and the repeal of the former could find quite as plausible excuses as that of the latter . The arguments by which the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is sought to be ...
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