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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... allowed to object . That argument was ncorporated into the Nebraska Bill itself , in the anguage which follows : " It being the true intent and meaning of this Act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State , nor to exclude it ...
... allowed to object . That argument was ncorporated into the Nebraska Bill itself , in the anguage which follows : " It being the true intent and meaning of this Act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State , nor to exclude it ...
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... allow the people to decide for themselves whether it is a good or an evil . You allow them to decide for themselves whether they desire a Maine quor law or not ; you allow them to decide for themselves what kind of common schools they ...
... allow the people to decide for themselves whether it is a good or an evil . You allow them to decide for themselves whether they desire a Maine quor law or not ; you allow them to decide for themselves what kind of common schools they ...
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... change the law as to allow an appeal from the decisions of the Supreme Court of Illinois , on all constitutional questions , to justices of the peace . My friend Mr. Lincoln , who sits behind me , Stephen A. Douglas 29.
... change the law as to allow an appeal from the decisions of the Supreme Court of Illinois , on all constitutional questions , to justices of the peace . My friend Mr. Lincoln , who sits behind me , Stephen A. Douglas 29.
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... allow me to say that I do not intend to indulge in that inconvenient mode some- times adopted in public speaking , of reading from documents ; but I shall depart from that rule so far as to read a little scrap from his speech , which ...
... allow me to say that I do not intend to indulge in that inconvenient mode some- times adopted in public speaking , of reading from documents ; but I shall depart from that rule so far as to read a little scrap from his speech , which ...
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... that constitution should not be adopted , that the people were not fairly represented nor allowed to vote , I pointed out in a speech a year ago , which I hold in pria I shall not waste [ " Read it , Read Abraham Lincoln 45.
... that constitution should not be adopted , that the people were not fairly represented nor allowed to vote , I pointed out in a speech a year ago , which I hold in pria I shall not waste [ " Read it , Read Abraham Lincoln 45.
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