History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... Union in which free labor is honored , where they were borne in processions of the people , and hailed by hundreds of thousands of freemen , as a sym- bol of triumph , and as a glorious vindication of free- dom and of the rights and ...
... Union in which free labor is honored , where they were borne in processions of the people , and hailed by hundreds of thousands of freemen , as a sym- bol of triumph , and as a glorious vindication of free- dom and of the rights and ...
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... Union , and fewer still were willing to believe any con- siderable portion of the people capable of so gigantic a crime as the attempted overthrow of the great Republic of the world , either to revenge a party defeat or to per- petuate ...
... Union , and fewer still were willing to believe any con- siderable portion of the people capable of so gigantic a crime as the attempted overthrow of the great Republic of the world , either to revenge a party defeat or to per- petuate ...
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... Union . " The Convention met on the 17th of December , and adjourned the next day to Charles- ton , on account of the prevalence of small pox at Columbia . On the 20th an ordinance was passed unanimously repealing the ordinance adopted ...
... Union . " The Convention met on the 17th of December , and adjourned the next day to Charles- ton , on account of the prevalence of small pox at Columbia . On the 20th an ordinance was passed unanimously repealing the ordinance adopted ...
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... Union in consequence of the election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency of the United States ? My countrymen , I tell you candidly , frankly , and earnestly that I do not think that they ought . In my judg ment the election of no man ...
... Union in consequence of the election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency of the United States ? My countrymen , I tell you candidly , frankly , and earnestly that I do not think that they ought . In my judg ment the election of no man ...
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... Union , while at the same time he contended that the General Government had no right to make war on any State for the purpose of preventing it from seceding , and closed this portion of his Message by recommending an amendment of the ...
... Union , while at the same time he contended that the General Government had no right to make war on any State for the purpose of preventing it from seceding , and closed this portion of his Message by recommending an amendment of the ...
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