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Page 347
... passed the House of Representatives , and , in the hands of Judge Douglas , failed of passing only for want of time . This bill contained no repeal of the Missouri Compromise . Indeed , when it was assailed because it did not contain ...
... passed the House of Representatives , and , in the hands of Judge Douglas , failed of passing only for want of time . This bill contained no repeal of the Missouri Compromise . Indeed , when it was assailed because it did not contain ...
Page 374
... passed the law , nearly a year in advance to take effect the first day of 1808 , the very first day the Constitution ... passing in the General Government , five or six of the original slave States had adopted systems of gradual ...
... passed the law , nearly a year in advance to take effect the first day of 1808 , the very first day the Constitution ... passing in the General Government , five or six of the original slave States had adopted systems of gradual ...
Page 380
... passed separately , and in distinct bills , and that no two of them were passed by the votes of precisely the same members . But we also know , and so does he know , that no one of them could have passed both branches of Congress but ...
... passed separately , and in distinct bills , and that no two of them were passed by the votes of precisely the same members . But we also know , and so does he know , that no one of them could have passed both branches of Congress but ...
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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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