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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... taken in arms with them , was sent out of Florida with them when they were transported to the West . The bill was reported to the House by the Committee on Military Affairs . A LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 27 This committee was composed 26 ...
... taken in arms with them , was sent out of Florida with them when they were transported to the West . The bill was reported to the House by the Committee on Military Affairs . A LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 27 This committee was composed 26 ...
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... taken by the majority was that slaves were regarded as property by the Constitution , and when taken for public service should be paid for as property . The principle involved in the bill , there- fore , was the same one which the ...
... taken by the majority was that slaves were regarded as property by the Constitution , and when taken for public service should be paid for as property . The principle involved in the bill , there- fore , was the same one which the ...
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... taken very much by surprise when the Nebraska Bill was intro- duced , and the proposition was made by Stephen A. Douglas to repeal that very Missouri Compromise which he had declared to be " a sacred thing , which no ruthless hand would ...
... taken very much by surprise when the Nebraska Bill was intro- duced , and the proposition was made by Stephen A. Douglas to repeal that very Missouri Compromise which he had declared to be " a sacred thing , which no ruthless hand would ...
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... taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle be- tween Freedom and Slavery for the possession of Kan- sas was at its height . A few days after his inaugura- tion , the Supreme Court rendered the Dred Scott decision , which ...
... taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle be- tween Freedom and Slavery for the possession of Kan- sas was at its height . A few days after his inaugura- tion , the Supreme Court rendered the Dred Scott decision , which ...
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... taken now , and showed up the evasive character of Douglas's answers to the questions which he had pro- posed , especially the subterfuge of " unfriendly legis lation " which he had set forth as the means by which the people of a ...
... taken now , and showed up the evasive character of Douglas's answers to the questions which he had pro- posed , especially the subterfuge of " unfriendly legis lation " which he had set forth as the means by which the people of a ...
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