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Page 351
... principle de- pends upon whether the Missouri law contained any principle requiring the line to be extended over the country acquired from Mexico . I contend it did not . I insist that it contained no general principle , but that it was ...
... principle de- pends upon whether the Missouri law contained any principle requiring the line to be extended over the country acquired from Mexico . I contend it did not . I insist that it contained no general principle , but that it was ...
Page 378
... principle of the Nebraska bill abolished slavery in several of the old States . Well , it is true that several of the old States , in the last quarter of the last century , did adopt sys- tems of gradual emancipation by which the ...
... principle of the Nebraska bill abolished slavery in several of the old States . Well , it is true that several of the old States , in the last quarter of the last century , did adopt sys- tems of gradual emancipation by which the ...
Page 580
... principle , begin to get votes in your section , we should thereby cease to be sectional . You cannot escape this ... principle or practice . If we do repel you by any wrong principle or practice , the fault is ours ; but this brings you ...
... principle , begin to get votes in your section , we should thereby cease to be sectional . You cannot escape this ... principle or practice . If we do repel you by any wrong principle or practice , the fault is ours ; but this brings you ...
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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