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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... favor of the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave - trade.i On the question of abolishing Slavery in the District , he took rather a prominent part . A Mr. Gott had in- troduced a resolution directing ...
... favor of the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave - trade.i On the question of abolishing Slavery in the District , he took rather a prominent part . A Mr. Gott had in- troduced a resolution directing ...
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... favor of giving the public lands , not to speculators , but to actual occupants and cultivators , at as low rates as pos- sible ; and he was in favor of a protective tariff , and of abolishing the franking privilege . In 1848 General ...
... favor of giving the public lands , not to speculators , but to actual occupants and cultivators , at as low rates as pos- sible ; and he was in favor of a protective tariff , and of abolishing the franking privilege . In 1848 General ...
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... favor of freedom which the proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromise had excited , and everywhere the friends of freedom gathered themselves together and rallied round her banner , to meet the con- flict which was plainly now ...
... favor of freedom which the proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromise had excited , and everywhere the friends of freedom gathered themselves together and rallied round her banner , to meet the con- flict which was plainly now ...
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... favor of the Dred Scott decision , not because it was right , but because a decision of the Court is to him a " Thus saith the Lord , " and thus committing himself to the next decision just as firmly as to this . He closed his speech ...
... favor of the Dred Scott decision , not because it was right , but because a decision of the Court is to him a " Thus saith the Lord , " and thus committing himself to the next decision just as firmly as to this . He closed his speech ...
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... favor his return to the Senate . They deemed this due to the zeal and efficiency with which he had resisted the attempt to force slavery into Kansas against the will of the people , and as important in encouraging other Democratic ...
... favor his return to the Senate . They deemed this due to the zeal and efficiency with which he had resisted the attempt to force slavery into Kansas against the will of the people , and as important in encouraging other Democratic ...
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