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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... principle ! If he has any parental feeling , well may he cling to it . That principle is the only shred left of his original Nebraska doctrine . Under the Dred Scott decision " squatter sovereignty " squatted out of existence , tumbled ...
... principle ! If he has any parental feeling , well may he cling to it . That principle is the only shred left of his original Nebraska doctrine . Under the Dred Scott decision " squatter sovereignty " squatted out of existence , tumbled ...
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... principle of self - government , to which my life for many years past has been , and in the future will be devoted . If there is any one principle dearer and more sacred than all others in free governments , it i that which asserts the ...
... principle of self - government , to which my life for many years past has been , and in the future will be devoted . If there is any one principle dearer and more sacred than all others in free governments , it i that which asserts the ...
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... principles and their opinions , did not believe that either the penalties on the on hand , or the inducements on the ... principle , and whilst th result has been such as will enable the people c Kansas to come into the Union with such a ...
... principles and their opinions , did not believe that either the penalties on the on hand , or the inducements on the ... principle , and whilst th result has been such as will enable the people c Kansas to come into the Union with such a ...
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... principle that the people of each Territory , when coming into the Union , have the right to decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits . I have seen the time when that principle was controverted ...
... principle that the people of each Territory , when coming into the Union , have the right to decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits . I have seen the time when that principle was controverted ...
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... principle of popular sovereignt as having been vindicated and made triumphan in this land as a permanent rule of public policy i the organization of Territories and the admission o new States . Illinois took her position upon thi principle ...
... principle of popular sovereignt as having been vindicated and made triumphan in this land as a permanent rule of public policy i the organization of Territories and the admission o new States . Illinois took her position upon thi principle ...
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