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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... prohibition . Four days later , com menced the struggle which ended in repealing tha Congressional prohibition . This opened all th National territory to slavery , and was the first poin gained . But , so far , Congress only had acted ...
... prohibition . Four days later , com menced the struggle which ended in repealing tha Congressional prohibition . This opened all th National territory to slavery , and was the first poin gained . But , so far , Congress only had acted ...
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... prohibit it . When that is so , how much is left of this vast matter of squatter sovereignty , I should like to know ? When we get back , we get to the point of the right of the people to make a constitution . Kansas was settled , for ...
... prohibit it . When that is so , how much is left of this vast matter of squatter sovereignty , I should like to know ? When we get back , we get to the point of the right of the people to make a constitution . Kansas was settled , for ...
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... prohibited in a new Territory , in spite of the Dred Scott decision , I would vote that it should . That is what I should do . Judge Douglas said last night that before the decision he might advance his 54 Lincoln and Douglas Debates.
... prohibited in a new Territory , in spite of the Dred Scott decision , I would vote that it should . That is what I should do . Judge Douglas said last night that before the decision he might advance his 54 Lincoln and Douglas Debates.
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... River , and consequently in the Territory where slavery was prohibited by the Act of 1820 ; and that when Dred Scott appealed for his freedom in consequence of having been taken into a free Territory , the Supreme Stephen A. Douglas 89.
... River , and consequently in the Territory where slavery was prohibited by the Act of 1820 ; and that when Dred Scott appealed for his freedom in consequence of having been taken into a free Territory , the Supreme Stephen A. Douglas 89.
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... prohibiting slavery again in all the Territories . Suppose he does re - enact the same law which the Court has pro- nounced unconstitutional , will that make it constitu- tional ? If the Act of 1820 was unconstitutional , in consequence ...
... prohibiting slavery again in all the Territories . Suppose he does re - enact the same law which the Court has pro- nounced unconstitutional , will that make it constitu- tional ? If the Act of 1820 was unconstitutional , in consequence ...
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