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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... leave the people of a Territory free to establish Slavery or exclude it , was really only a desire to allow them to establish it , as was shown by his voting against Mr. Chase's amendment to the Nebraska Bill , which gave them leave to ...
... leave the people of a Territory free to establish Slavery or exclude it , was really only a desire to allow them to establish it , as was shown by his voting against Mr. Chase's amendment to the Nebraska Bill , which gave them leave to ...
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... leaving the room I begged to know his name . He courteously . replied , ' It is Abraham Lincoln , from Illinois . " " The Republican National Convention of 1860 , met on the 16th of May , at Chicago , in an immense building which the ...
... leaving the room I begged to know his name . He courteously . replied , ' It is Abraham Lincoln , from Illinois . " " The Republican National Convention of 1860 , met on the 16th of May , at Chicago , in an immense building which the ...
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... leave , consider more fully the resolutions of the Convention , denominated the plat- form , and without any unnecessary or unreasonable de- lay , respond to you , Mr. Chairman , in writing , not doubting that the platform will be found ...
... leave , consider more fully the resolutions of the Convention , denominated the plat- form , and without any unnecessary or unreasonable de- lay , respond to you , Mr. Chairman , in writing , not doubting that the platform will be found ...
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... leave . In the House of Representatives the debates took the same general direction as in the Senate . On the first day of the session a resolution was adopted , by a vote of 145 to 38 , to refer so much of the President's Message as ...
... leave . In the House of Representatives the debates took the same general direction as in the Senate . On the first day of the session a resolution was adopted , by a vote of 145 to 38 , to refer so much of the President's Message as ...
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... leaving you on an errand of national importance , attended , as you are aware , with considerable difficulties . Let us believe , as some poet has expressed it , " Behind the cloud the sun is still shining . " Ibiú you an affectionate ...
... leaving you on an errand of national importance , attended , as you are aware , with considerable difficulties . Let us believe , as some poet has expressed it , " Behind the cloud the sun is still shining . " Ibiú you an affectionate ...
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