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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... secede , on the ground that , " in the recent election for President and Vice - President , the North had carried the election upon principles that make it no longer safe for us to rely upon the powers of the Federal Government or the ...
... secede , on the ground that , " in the recent election for President and Vice - President , the North had carried the election upon principles that make it no longer safe for us to rely upon the powers of the Federal Government or the ...
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... secede from the Union as soon as possible ; that a Convention of seceding States should be held at Montgomery , Alabama , not later than the 15th of February ; and that the Senators and Members of Congress from the Southern States ought ...
... secede from the Union as soon as possible ; that a Convention of seceding States should be held at Montgomery , Alabama , not later than the 15th of February ; and that the Senators and Members of Congress from the Southern States ought ...
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... seceding States , delegates were appointed to meet at Montgomery . In not one of them was the question of secession submitted to a vote of the people ; although in some of them the Legislatures had expressly forbidden them to pass any ...
... seceding States , delegates were appointed to meet at Montgomery . In not one of them was the question of secession submitted to a vote of the people ; although in some of them the Legislatures had expressly forbidden them to pass any ...
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... secede from the 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 ...
... secede from the 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 ...
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... secede from 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 ...
... secede from 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 ...
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