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... existing government , and form a new one that suits them better . This is a most valuable , a most sacred right -a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world . Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people ...
... existing government , and form a new one that suits them better . This is a most valuable , a most sacred right -a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world . Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people ...
Page 543
... existing , supposed to be valid , by which slavery was excluded from almost all the territory the United States then owned . This was the condition of the country , with reference to the institution of slavery , on the first of January ...
... existing , supposed to be valid , by which slavery was excluded from almost all the territory the United States then owned . This was the condition of the country , with reference to the institution of slavery , on the first of January ...
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... existing rebel- lion , except as hereinafter excepted , that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them , with restoration of all rights of property , except as to slaves , and in property cases where rights of third ...
... existing rebel- lion , except as hereinafter excepted , that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them , with restoration of all rights of property , except as to slaves , and in property cases where rights of third ...
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Reply to a Committee of Religious Denominations Asking | 145 |
Chronology | 193 |
Address to the People of Sangamon County Illinois March | 221 |
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