Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1 |
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... admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms ( by no means excluding females ) . If elected , I shall consider the whole people of Sangamon my con- stituents , as well those that oppose as those that support ...
... admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms ( by no means excluding females ) . If elected , I shall consider the whole people of Sangamon my con- stituents , as well those that oppose as those that support ...
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... admit , it would be a violation of truth and an insult to our intelligence to deny . Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every - day news of the times . They have pervaded the country from New England to Louisiana ; they are ...
... admit , it would be a violation of truth and an insult to our intelligence to deny . Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every - day news of the times . They have pervaded the country from New England to Louisiana ; they are ...
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... admit is now abroad in the land , the strongest bulwark of any government , and particularly of those constituted like ours , may effectually be broken down and de- stroyed - I mean the attachment of the people . Whenever this effect ...
... admit is now abroad in the land , the strongest bulwark of any government , and particularly of those constituted like ours , may effectually be broken down and de- stroyed - I mean the attachment of the people . Whenever this effect ...
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... admit there is room for quib- bling upon the question of whether the administration favor the exclusive specie doctrine or not ; but I take it that the fact that the President at first urged the specie doctrine , and that under his ...
... admit there is room for quib- bling upon the question of whether the administration favor the exclusive specie doctrine or not ; but I take it that the fact that the President at first urged the specie doctrine , and that under his ...
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... admits that errors , " as he charitably calls them , have occurred under the present and late administrations ; but he insists that as great " errors " have occurred under all administrations . This we respectfully deny . We admit that ...
... admits that errors , " as he charitably calls them , have occurred under the present and late administrations ; but he insists that as great " errors " have occurred under all administrations . This we respectfully deny . We admit that ...
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