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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Page vi
... citizen , am not to be permitted , if I want to go across the Missouri River , to take with me my whole home circle ? Do you say that I must leave my old ' Mammy ' behind in South Carolina ? " " Oh ! " replied the Westerner , " the ...
... citizen , am not to be permitted , if I want to go across the Missouri River , to take with me my whole home circle ? Do you say that I must leave my old ' Mammy ' behind in South Carolina ? " " Oh ! " replied the Westerner , " the ...
Page vii
... citizens of the commonwealth , a slaveholder was deprived of his constitutional rights as a citizen if his control of this portion of his property was in any way inter- fered with or restricted . The argument in behalf of this extreme ...
... citizens of the commonwealth , a slaveholder was deprived of his constitutional rights as a citizen if his control of this portion of his property was in any way inter- fered with or restricted . The argument in behalf of this extreme ...
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... citizens in these newer Slave States should be assured of the same recognition and rights as had been accorded to those of the original thirteen . The Missouri Compromise permitted also the introduction of Missouri itself into the Union ...
... citizens in these newer Slave States should be assured of the same recognition and rights as had been accorded to those of the original thirteen . The Missouri Compromise permitted also the introduction of Missouri itself into the Union ...
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... citizens are sighing , the liberty of making slaves of other people " ; and again : " It is the con- tention of Mr. Douglas , in his claim for the rights of American citizens , that if A sees fit to enslave B , no other man shall have ...
... citizens are sighing , the liberty of making slaves of other people " ; and again : " It is the con- tention of Mr. Douglas , in his claim for the rights of American citizens , that if A sees fit to enslave B , no other man shall have ...
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... citizen of the United States , ex- clude slavery ? " Lincoln's campaign advisers were of opinion that this question was inadvisable . They took the ground that Douglas would answer the question in such way as to secure the approval of ...
... citizen of the United States , ex- clude slavery ? " Lincoln's campaign advisers were of opinion that this question was inadvisable . They took the ground that Douglas would answer the question in such way as to secure the approval of ...
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