Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 120
... principle which had engaged the minds of some members of Congress who were favorable to the improvements in the western country . There was a good deal of force , he admitted , in what fell from the chairman of the Committee on ...
... principle which had engaged the minds of some members of Congress who were favorable to the improvements in the western country . There was a good deal of force , he admitted , in what fell from the chairman of the Committee on ...
Page 125
... principle the same as internal improvements . The driving a pirate from the track of commerce on the broad ocean , and the removing a snag from its more narrow path in the Mississippi River , cannot , I think , be dis- tinguished in ...
... principle the same as internal improvements . The driving a pirate from the track of commerce on the broad ocean , and the removing a snag from its more narrow path in the Mississippi River , cannot , I think , be dis- tinguished in ...
Page 137
... principle , and the best sort of principle at that - the principle of allowing the people to do as they please with their own business . My friend from Indiana [ C. B. Smith ] has aptly asked , " Are you willing to trust the people ...
... principle , and the best sort of principle at that - the principle of allowing the people to do as they please with their own business . My friend from Indiana [ C. B. Smith ] has aptly asked , " Are you willing to trust the people ...
Page 140
... principle we violated . We say you did violate principle in discarding Van Buren , and we can tell you how . You vio- lated the primary , the cardinal , the one great living principle of all democratic representative government - the ...
... principle we violated . We say you did violate principle in discarding Van Buren , and we can tell you how . You vio- lated the primary , the cardinal , the one great living principle of all democratic representative government - the ...
Page 143
... principle it involves should be kept out of the national legislature , and left to the peo- ple of the confederacy ... principles of the Constitution . Because- · First . I do not see in the Constitution any grant of the requisite power ...
... principle it involves should be kept out of the national legislature , and left to the peo- ple of the confederacy ... principles of the Constitution . Because- · First . I do not see in the Constitution any grant of the requisite power ...
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