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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... exclude slavery . When asked again by Lincoln how he brought this decision into accord with the Dred Scott decision , he replied in substance : " Well , they have not the right to take constitutional mea- sures to exclude slavery , but ...
... exclude slavery . When asked again by Lincoln how he brought this decision into accord with the Dred Scott decision , he replied in substance : " Well , they have not the right to take constitutional mea- sures to exclude slavery , but ...
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... slavery exclude from more than half the States by State Constitu tions , and from most of the National territory b Congressional prohibition . Four days later , com menced the struggle which ended in repealing tha Congressional ...
... slavery exclude from more than half the States by State Constitu tions , and from most of the National territory b Congressional prohibition . Four days later , com menced the struggle which ended in repealing tha Congressional ...
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... slavery into any Territory or State , nor to exclude it therefrom , but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own Tay , subject only to the Constitution of the United States ...
... slavery into any Territory or State , nor to exclude it therefrom , but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own Tay , subject only to the Constitution of the United States ...
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... exclude slavery from their limits ; and the latter answers : " That is a question for the Supreme Court . " The election came . Mr. Buchanan was elected , and the indorsement , such as it was , secured . That was the second point gained ...
... exclude slavery from their limits ; and the latter answers : " That is a question for the Supreme Court . " The election came . Mr. Buchanan was elected , and the indorsement , such as it was , secured . That was the second point gained ...
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... exclude slavery from any United States Territory . This point is made i order that individual men may fill up the Terri tories with slaves , without danger of losing them a property , and thus to enhance the chances of per manency to ...
... exclude slavery from any United States Territory . This point is made i order that individual men may fill up the Terri tories with slaves , without danger of losing them a property , and thus to enhance the chances of per manency to ...
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