The Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the Senatorial Campaign of 1858 in Illinois, Together with Certain Preceding Speeches of Each at Chicago, Springfield, Etc |
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Abraham Lincoln George Haven Putnam. INTRODUCTION IN 1854 , Douglas carried through Congress the Kansas - Nebraska Bill . This bill repealed the Mis- souri Compromise of ... Congress on V the question of the right to take slaves into free.
Abraham Lincoln George Haven Putnam. INTRODUCTION IN 1854 , Douglas carried through Congress the Kansas - Nebraska Bill . This bill repealed the Mis- souri Compromise of ... Congress on V the question of the right to take slaves into free.
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... to slavery , and was the first poin gained . But , so far , Congress only had acted , and an in dorsement by the people , real or apparent , was in spensable to save the point already gained , and ive 2 Lincoln and Douglas Debates cop.
... to slavery , and was the first poin gained . But , so far , Congress only had acted , and an in dorsement by the people , real or apparent , was in spensable to save the point already gained , and ive 2 Lincoln and Douglas Debates cop.
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... Congress nor a Territorial Legislature to exclude slavery from any United States Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Con- sitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to Exclude it . Possibly , this is ...
... Congress nor a Territorial Legislature to exclude slavery from any United States Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Con- sitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to Exclude it . Possibly , this is ...
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... Congress to force a constitution upon the people of Kansas against their will , and to force that State into the Union with a constitution which her people had rejected by more than ten thousand , I felt bound as a man of honor and a ...
... Congress to force a constitution upon the people of Kansas against their will , and to force that State into the Union with a constitution which her people had rejected by more than ten thousand , I felt bound as a man of honor and a ...
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... Congress of the United States , regard- less of the wishes of the people to be affected by it ; and when I found upon the Crittenden - Montgomery bill the Republicans and Americans of the North , and I may say , too , some glorious ...
... Congress of the United States , regard- less of the wishes of the people to be affected by it ; and when I found upon the Crittenden - Montgomery bill the Republicans and Americans of the North , and I may say , too , some glorious ...
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