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... called session of the Illinois legislature . Of the one hundred members composing the two branches of that body , about seventy were Demo- crats . These latter held a caucus , in which the Nebraska bill was talked of , if not formally ...
... called session of the Illinois legislature . Of the one hundred members composing the two branches of that body , about seventy were Demo- crats . These latter held a caucus , in which the Nebraska bill was talked of , if not formally ...
Page 62
... called Democracy of to - day are the Jefferson , and their opponents the anti - Jefferson , party , it will be equally interest- ing to note how completely the two have changed hands as to the principle upon which they were originally ...
... called Democracy of to - day are the Jefferson , and their opponents the anti - Jefferson , party , it will be equally interest- ing to note how completely the two have changed hands as to the principle upon which they were originally ...
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... called from this stage of existence on the same day and month of the year ; and now on this last Fourth of July just passed , when we have a gi- gantic rebellion , at the bottom of which is an effort to overthrow the principle that all ...
... called from this stage of existence on the same day and month of the year ; and now on this last Fourth of July just passed , when we have a gi- gantic rebellion , at the bottom of which is an effort to overthrow the principle that all ...
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