Speeches of Abraham Lincoln: Including Inaugurals and ProclamationsA.L. Burt Company, 1906 - 417 pages |
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... slavery agitation , such , I think , as we have never seen before . Who is responsible for this ? Is it those who resist the measure , or those who causelessly brought it forward and pressed it through , having reason to know , and in ...
... slavery agitation , such , I think , as we have never seen before . Who is responsible for this ? Is it those who resist the measure , or those who causelessly brought it forward and pressed it through , having reason to know , and in ...
Page 52
... slavery agitation . Under the operation of that policy , that agitation has not only not ceased , but has constantly augmented . In my opin- ion , it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed . " A house divided ...
... slavery agitation . Under the operation of that policy , that agitation has not only not ceased , but has constantly augmented . In my opin- ion , it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed . " A house divided ...
Page 62
... slavery agitation ; under the opera- tion of that policy , that agitation has not only not ceased , but has constantly augmented . I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed . A house divided against ...
... slavery agitation ; under the opera- tion of that policy , that agitation has not only not ceased , but has constantly augmented . I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed . A house divided against ...
Page 87
... slavery . Judge Douglas said , at Bloomington , that I used language most able and ingenious for concealing what I ... agitation . Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only ceased , but has constantly augmented . In ...
... slavery . Judge Douglas said , at Bloomington , that I used language most able and ingenious for concealing what I ... agitation . Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only ceased , but has constantly augmented . In ...
Page 113
... agitation upon the general question of slavery . In regard to the other question , of whether I am pledged to the ... slavery shall be kept out of the Territories dur- ing the territorial existence of any one given Territory , and then ...
... agitation upon the general question of slavery . In regard to the other question , of whether I am pledged to the ... slavery shall be kept out of the Territories dur- ing the territorial existence of any one given Territory , and then ...
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