Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 93
... South Carolina , has one hundred pounds of cotton , which we suppose to be the precise product of one man's labor for twenty days . B , in Manchester , England , has one hundred yards of cotton cloth , the precise product of the same ...
... South Carolina , has one hundred pounds of cotton , which we suppose to be the precise product of one man's labor for twenty days . B , in Manchester , England , has one hundred yards of cotton cloth , the precise product of the same ...
Page 97
... south and west , and by wide uninhabited regions on the north and east . Fifth . Whether the people of that settlement , or a majority of them , or any of them , have ever submitted themselves to the govern- ment or laws of Texas or of ...
... south and west , and by wide uninhabited regions on the north and east . Fifth . Whether the people of that settlement , or a majority of them , or any of them , have ever submitted themselves to the govern- ment or laws of Texas or of ...
Page 183
... 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 , without serious controversy . More re- cently , Iowa , north ...
... 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 , without serious controversy . More re- cently , Iowa , north ...
Page 184
... south of it . On Judge Douglas's motion , a bill , or provision of a bill , passed the Senate to so extend the Mis- souri line . The proviso men in the House , including myself , voted it down , because , by implication , it gave up the ...
... south of it . On Judge Douglas's motion , a bill , or provision of a bill , passed the Senate to so extend the Mis- souri line . The proviso men in the House , including myself , voted it down , because , by implication , it gave up the ...
Page 185
... South got their new fugitive - slave law , and the North got California ( by far the best part of our acquisition from Mexico ) as a free State . The South got a provision that New Mexico and Utah , when admitted as States , may come in ...
... South got their new fugitive - slave law , and the North got California ( by far the best part of our acquisition from Mexico ) as a free State . The South got a provision that New Mexico and Utah , when admitted as States , may come in ...
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