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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... question was inadvisable . They took the ground that Douglas would answer the question in such way as to secure the approval of the voters of Illinois and that in so doing he would win the Senatorship . Lincoln's response was in ...
... question was inadvisable . They took the ground that Douglas would answer the question in such way as to secure the approval of the voters of Illinois and that in so doing he would win the Senatorship . Lincoln's response was in ...
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... question , pre cisely as the same question , as to the restraint on th power of the Territories , was left open in the Ne braska Act . Put this and that together , and w have another nice little niche , which we may , er long , see ...
... question , pre cisely as the same question , as to the restraint on th power of the Territories , was left open in the Ne braska Act . Put this and that together , and w have another nice little niche , which we may , er long , see ...
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... question by the representatives of Illinois in 1851 , approaches nearer to unanimity than has ever been obtained on any controverted question . That resolution was entered on the journal of the Legislature of the State of Illinois , and ...
... question by the representatives of Illinois in 1851 , approaches nearer to unanimity than has ever been obtained on any controverted question . That resolution was entered on the journal of the Legislature of the State of Illinois , and ...
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... question for themselves , to have slavery or not , jus as they chose ; and my opposition to the Lecompto Constitution was not predicated upon the groun that it was a pro - slavery constitution , nor would m action have been different ...
... question for themselves , to have slavery or not , jus as they chose ; and my opposition to the Lecompto Constitution was not predicated upon the groun that it was a pro - slavery constitution , nor would m action have been different ...
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... question is pending before the tribunal ; but when the decision is made , my private opinion , your pinion , all other opinions , must yield to the majesty c that authoritative adjudication . I wish you to bear in mind that this ...
... question is pending before the tribunal ; but when the decision is made , my private opinion , your pinion , all other opinions , must yield to the majesty c that authoritative adjudication . I wish you to bear in mind that this ...
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