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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... favor of " squatter sovereignty , " and " sacred ght of self - government . " " But , " said opposition members , “ let us amend the bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the Territory may exclude davery . " " Not we ...
... favor of " squatter sovereignty , " and " sacred ght of self - government . " " But , " said opposition members , “ let us amend the bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the Territory may exclude davery . " " Not we ...
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... favor of the de cision ? These things look like the cautious patting and petting of a spirited horse preparatory t mounting him , when it is dreaded that he may giv the rider a fall . And why the hasty after - indorse ment of the ...
... favor of the de cision ? These things look like the cautious patting and petting of a spirited horse preparatory t mounting him , when it is dreaded that he may giv the rider a fall . And why the hasty after - indorse ment of the ...
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... this government for themselves and their Fosterity , and I am in favor of preserving , not caly the purity of the blood , but the purity of the · government from any mixture or amalgamati with inferior races 3 Stephen A. Douglas 33.
... this government for themselves and their Fosterity , and I am in favor of preserving , not caly the purity of the blood , but the purity of the · government from any mixture or amalgamati with inferior races 3 Stephen A. Douglas 33.
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... favor of it , and sticks to it , and expects to win his battle on that decision , which says that there is no such thing as squatter sovereignty , but that any one man may take slaves into a Territory , and all the other men in the ...
... favor of it , and sticks to it , and expects to win his battle on that decision , which says that there is no such thing as squatter sovereignty , but that any one man may take slaves into a Territory , and all the other men in the ...
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... favor of Judge Trumbull , or any of the five to one Repub- licans who beat that bill . Everything must be for the Democrats ! They did everything , and the five to the one that really did the thing they snub over , and they do not seem ...
... favor of Judge Trumbull , or any of the five to one Repub- licans who beat that bill . Everything must be for the Democrats ! They did everything , and the five to the one that really did the thing they snub over , and they do not seem ...
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