Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 97
... territory and shed the blood of our fellow- citizens on our own soil . " And again , in his message of December 8 , 1846 , that " we had ample cause of war against Mexico long before the breaking out of hostilities ; but even then we ...
... territory and shed the blood of our fellow- citizens on our own soil . " And again , in his message of December 8 , 1846 , that " we had ample cause of war against Mexico long before the breaking out of hostilities ; but even then we ...
Page 105
... territory in that region de- pended not on any treaty - fixed boundary ( for no treaty had attempted it ) , but on revolution . Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing ...
... territory in that region de- pended not on any treaty - fixed boundary ( for no treaty had attempted it ) , but on revolution . Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing ...
Page 106
... territory , would be to abandon all our just demands , and to wage the war bearing all its expenses , without a purpose or definite object . " So then this national honor , security of the future , and everything but territorial ...
... territory , would be to abandon all our just demands , and to wage the war bearing all its expenses , without a purpose or definite object . " So then this national honor , security of the future , and everything but territorial ...
Page 138
... territory we now have , just so much will certainly happen by the election of Cass , and , in addition a course of policy leading to new wars , new acquisitions of territory and still further extensions of slavery . One of the two is to ...
... territory we now have , just so much will certainly happen by the election of Cass , and , in addition a course of policy leading to new wars , new acquisitions of territory and still further extensions of slavery . One of the two is to ...
Page 181
... territory beyond their strict State limits . Virginia thus owned the Northwestern Territory - the country out of which the principal part of Ohio , all Indiana , all Illinois , all Michigan , and all Wisconsin have since been formed ...
... territory beyond their strict State limits . Virginia thus owned the Northwestern Territory - the country out of which the principal part of Ohio , all Indiana , all Illinois , all Michigan , and all Wisconsin have since been formed ...
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