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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... President Buchanan ) to have been adopted , but the fraudulent character of the voting was so evident that Walker , the Democratic Governor , although a sympathiser with slavery , felt compelled to repudiate it . This constitution was ...
... President Buchanan ) to have been adopted , but the fraudulent character of the voting was so evident that Walker , the Democratic Governor , although a sympathiser with slavery , felt compelled to repudiate it . This constitution was ...
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... President in 1860. The line will be drawn directly between those who are willing to accept the extreme claims of the South and those who resist these claims . A right decision is the essential thing for the safety of the nation . " The ...
... President in 1860. The line will be drawn directly between those who are willing to accept the extreme claims of the South and those who resist these claims . A right decision is the essential thing for the safety of the nation . " The ...
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... PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CON- VENTION : If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could better judge what to do , and how to do it . We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with ...
... PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CON- VENTION : If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could better judge what to do , and how to do it . We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with ...
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... President , in his last annual message , as impressively as possible echoed back upon the people the weight and authority of the indorsement . The Supreme Court met again , did not announce their decision , but ordered a reargu- ment ...
... President , in his last annual message , as impressively as possible echoed back upon the people the weight and authority of the indorsement . The Supreme Court met again , did not announce their decision , but ordered a reargu- ment ...
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... President , too , seizes the early occasion of the Silliman letter to indorse and strongly construe that decision , and to express his astonishment that any different view had ever been entertained ! At length a squabble springs up ...
... President , too , seizes the early occasion of the Silliman letter to indorse and strongly construe that decision , and to express his astonishment that any different view had ever been entertained ! At length a squabble springs up ...
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