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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... resolutions , first repeal- ing the Wilmot Proviso instructions , and in lieu thereof adopted another resolution , in which they declared the great principle which asserts the right of the people to make their own form of government and ...
... resolutions , first repeal- ing the Wilmot Proviso instructions , and in lieu thereof adopted another resolution , in which they declared the great principle which asserts the right of the people to make their own form of government and ...
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... resolution was entered on the journal of the Legislature of the State of Illinois , and it has remained there from that day to this , a standing instruction to her Senators , and a request to her Representatives , in Congress to carry ...
... resolution was entered on the journal of the Legislature of the State of Illinois , and it has remained there from that day to this , a standing instruction to her Senators , and a request to her Representatives , in Congress to carry ...
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... resolution of a Democratic meeting , large or small - in 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 ...
... resolution of a Democratic meeting , large or small - in 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 ...
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... resolution still stands un- repealed on the journals of the Legislature of Illinois . In obedience to it , and in exact conformity with the principle , I brought in the Kansas - Nebraska Bill , requiring that the people should be left ...
... resolution still stands un- repealed on the journals of the Legislature of Illinois . In obedience to it , and in exact conformity with the principle , I brought in the Kansas - Nebraska Bill , requiring that the people should be left ...
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... resolution brought forward by Mr. Ninian Edwards , and adopted by the House of Representatives by a vote of 61 in the affirmative to 4 in the negative . That resolution I can quote to you in almost its precise language . It declared ...
... resolution brought forward by Mr. Ninian Edwards , and adopted by the House of Representatives by a vote of 61 in the affirmative to 4 in the negative . That resolution I can quote to you in almost its precise language . It declared ...
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