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Page 521
... institution existing among us , and they left it as they found it . But in making the government they left this institution with many clear marks of disapprobation upon it . They found slavery among them , and they left it among them ...
... institution existing among us , and they left it as they found it . But in making the government they left this institution with many clear marks of disapprobation upon it . They found slavery among them , and they left it among them ...
Page 527
... institution of slavery as a wrong , and of another class that does not look upon it as a wrong . The sentiment that contemplates the institution of slavery in this country as a wrong is the sentiment of the Republican party . It is the ...
... institution of slavery as a wrong , and of another class that does not look upon it as a wrong . The sentiment that contemplates the institution of slavery in this country as a wrong is the sentiment of the Republican party . It is the ...
Page 557
... institution of slavery that ac- knowledges and deals with that institution as being wrong . Whoever desires the prevention of the spread of slavery and the nationalization of that institution , yields all when he yields to any policy ...
... institution of slavery that ac- knowledges and deals with that institution as being wrong . Whoever desires the prevention of the spread of slavery and the nationalization of that institution , yields all when he yields to any policy ...
Contents
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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