Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 214
... Trumbull 5 , -yet Trumbull was elected . In fact , 47 different members voted for me , -getting three new ones on the second ballot , and losing four old ones . How came my 47 to yield to Trumbull's 5 ? It was Governor Matteson's work ...
... Trumbull 5 , -yet Trumbull was elected . In fact , 47 different members voted for me , -getting three new ones on the second ballot , and losing four old ones . How came my 47 to yield to Trumbull's 5 ? It was Governor Matteson's work ...
Page 215
... Trumbull is elected . The Ne- braska men confess that they hate it worse than anything that could have happened . It is a great consolation to see them worse whipped than I am . I tell them it is their own fault - that they had abundant ...
... Trumbull is elected . The Ne- braska men confess that they hate it worse than anything that could have happened . It is a great consolation to see them worse whipped than I am . I tell them it is their own fault - that they had abundant ...
Page 241
... Trumbull , on the floor of the Senate , requested the leading advocate of the Nebraska bill to state his opinion whepis " the peo- ple of a Territory can constitutionally exclude slav thom their limits ; and the latter answered : " That ...
... Trumbull , on the floor of the Senate , requested the leading advocate of the Nebraska bill to state his opinion whepis " the peo- ple of a Territory can constitutionally exclude slav thom their limits ; and the latter answered : " That ...
Page 251
... Trumbull ? [ A voice : " We have . " ] I defy you to show a printed resolution passed in a Democratic meeting . I take it upon myself to defy any man to show a printed resolution of a Democratic meeting , large or small , in favor of ...
... Trumbull ? [ A voice : " We have . " ] I defy you to show a printed resolution passed in a Democratic meeting . I take it upon myself to defy any man to show a printed resolution of a Democratic meeting , large or small , in favor of ...
Page 265
... Trumbull , made a speech against Lecompton even before he did . Why did he oppose it ? Partly , as he declares , because the mem- bers of the convention who framed it were not fairly elected by the people ; that the people were not ...
... Trumbull , made a speech against Lecompton even before he did . Why did he oppose it ? Partly , as he declares , because the mem- bers of the convention who framed it were not fairly elected by the people ; that the people were not ...
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