Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... republican religion as their free descent , or to substitute the Roman Catholic as a penalty , or the Church of England , as an improvement . The mode of inquisition and dragooning is going out of fashion in the Old World , and I should ...
... republican religion as their free descent , or to substitute the Roman Catholic as a penalty , or the Church of England , as an improvement . The mode of inquisition and dragooning is going out of fashion in the Old World , and I should ...
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... Republican liberty . In this sense it is , that your Union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty , and that the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other . These considerations speak a ...
... Republican liberty . In this sense it is , that your Union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty , and that the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other . These considerations speak a ...
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... Republican government . But that jealousy , to be useful , must be impartial ; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided , instead of a defense against it . Excessive partiality for one foreign nation , and ...
... Republican government . But that jealousy , to be useful , must be impartial ; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided , instead of a defense against it . Excessive partiality for one foreign nation , and ...
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... Republican party . In 1858 in Illinois Douglas was the candidate of the Democratic party for the United States senate and Abraham Lincoln was nominated by the Republicans . Lincoln challenged Douglas , who was a highly edu- cated and ...
... Republican party . In 1858 in Illinois Douglas was the candidate of the Democratic party for the United States senate and Abraham Lincoln was nominated by the Republicans . Lincoln challenged Douglas , who was a highly edu- cated and ...
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... Republican by five thousand majority . All over the North the people were eager to see this young giant of the West who in force of logic and strategic ability had proved his superiority to one of the foremost politicians and debaters ...
... Republican by five thousand majority . All over the North the people were eager to see this young giant of the West who in force of logic and strategic ability had proved his superiority to one of the foremost politicians and debaters ...
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