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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... principle involved in the bill , there- fore , was the same one which the slaveholders have sought in so many ways to maintain . As they sought afterwards to have it established by a decision of the Supreme Court , so now they sought to ...
... principle involved in the bill , there- fore , was the same one which the slaveholders have sought in so many ways to maintain . As they sought afterwards to have it established by a decision of the Supreme Court , so now they sought to ...
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... principle " of Popular Sovereignty , and desired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Ne- braska should govern themselves , as they were well able to do . The fallacy of drawing from these premi- ses the conclusion that they therefore ...
... principle " of Popular Sovereignty , and desired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Ne- braska should govern themselves , as they were well able to do . The fallacy of drawing from these premi- ses the conclusion that they therefore ...
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... principles , and to yield nothing of them , even against the judg- ment of earnest friends . On the 4th of March , 1857 , Mr. Buchanan had taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle be- tween Freedom and Slavery for the ...
... principles , and to yield nothing of them , even against the judg- ment of earnest friends . On the 4th of March , 1857 , Mr. Buchanan had taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle be- tween Freedom and Slavery for the ...
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... knew the man . They knew that on the cardinal principle of the Republican party , opposition to the spread of Slavery into the Territories , he was not with LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 3833 them ; for he 32 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... knew the man . They knew that on the cardinal principle of the Republican party , opposition to the spread of Slavery into the Territories , he was not with LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 3833 them ; for he 32 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... principles to which he was in deadly hostility . Judge Douglas was the champion of all sympathizers with Slavery at the North , of those who openly advo- cated it , and still more of those who took the more plausible and dangerous part ...
... principles to which he was in deadly hostility . Judge Douglas was the champion of all sympathizers with Slavery at the North , of those who openly advo- cated it , and still more of those who took the more plausible and dangerous part ...
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