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... election is over , the session is ended and I am not Senator . I have to content my- self with the honor of having been the first choice of a large majority of the fifty - one members who finally made the election . My larger number of ...
... election is over , the session is ended and I am not Senator . I have to content my- self with the honor of having been the first choice of a large majority of the fifty - one members who finally made the election . My larger number of ...
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... election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterward . A. LINCOLN wwwwww 66 ... inflammatory appeals to your passions and your [ 235 ] Secret Memorandum.
... election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterward . A. LINCOLN wwwwww 66 ... inflammatory appeals to your passions and your [ 235 ] Secret Memorandum.
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... elections ; and if the rebellion could force us to forego or postpone a national election , it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us . The strife of the election is but human nature practically applied to the facts ...
... elections ; and if the rebellion could force us to forego or postpone a national election , it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us . The strife of the election is but human nature practically applied to the facts ...
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