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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... submitted in its place . Fellow - citizens , while I devoted my best energie --all my energies , mental and physical - to th vindication of the great principle , and whilst th result has been such as will enable the people c Kansas to ...
... submitted in its place . Fellow - citizens , while I devoted my best energie --all my energies , mental and physical - to th vindication of the great principle , and whilst th result has been such as will enable the people c Kansas to ...
Page 64
... submitted to that much , it does not destroy the principle that is the charter of our liberties . Let that charter stand as our standard . My friend has said to me that I am a poor hand to quote Scripture . I will try it again , however ...
... submitted to that much , it does not destroy the principle that is the charter of our liberties . Let that charter stand as our standard . My friend has said to me that I am a poor hand to quote Scripture . I will try it again , however ...
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... that the example of the Minnesot case , wherein Congress required the Constitution t be submitted to the vote of the people for ratificatio or rejection , shall be followed in all future cases 72 Lincoln and Douglas Debates.
... that the example of the Minnesot case , wherein Congress required the Constitution t be submitted to the vote of the people for ratificatio or rejection , shall be followed in all future cases 72 Lincoln and Douglas Debates.
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... submitted by Congress . I have no hesitation in saying to you , as the chairman of your committee has justly said in his address , that whatever the decision of the people of Kansas may be at that election , it must be final and ...
... submitted by Congress . I have no hesitation in saying to you , as the chairman of your committee has justly said in his address , that whatever the decision of the people of Kansas may be at that election , it must be final and ...
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... submitted to the people for acceptance or rejection , will be followed in all future cases . [ " That was right . " ] I agree with you that it was right . I said so on the day after the message was delivered in my speech in the Senate ...
... submitted to the people for acceptance or rejection , will be followed in all future cases . [ " That was right . " ] I agree with you that it was right . I said so on the day after the message was delivered in my speech in the Senate ...
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