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Abraham Lincoln. [ From a speech delivered in reply to Senator Stephen A. Douglas at Peoria , Illinois , 16 October 1854 ... judge correctly whether the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is right or wrong . think , and shall try to show ...
Abraham Lincoln. [ From a speech delivered in reply to Senator Stephen A. Douglas at Peoria , Illinois , 16 October 1854 ... judge correctly whether the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is right or wrong . think , and shall try to show ...
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... Judge Douglas frequently , with bitter irony and sarcasm , paraphrases our argument by saying : " The white people of Nebraska are good enough to govern themselves , but they are not good enough to govern a few miserable negroes ...
... Judge Douglas frequently , with bitter irony and sarcasm , paraphrases our argument by saying : " The white people of Nebraska are good enough to govern themselves , but they are not good enough to govern a few miserable negroes ...
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... Douglas's orders came on to have resolutions passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities ... justice of it was perfectly astonishing . You say that if Kansas fairly votes herself a free State as a Christian you ...
... Douglas's orders came on to have resolutions passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities ... justice of it was perfectly astonishing . You say that if Kansas fairly votes herself a free State as a Christian you ...
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... Judge Douglas does not discuss the merits of the decision , and in that respect I shall follow his example , believing I could no more improve on McLean and Curtis than he could on Taney . He denounces all who question the correctness ...
... Judge Douglas does not discuss the merits of the decision , and in that respect I shall follow his example , believing I could no more improve on McLean and Curtis than he could on Taney . He denounces all who question the correctness ...
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... Judge Douglas brought for- ward his famous Nebraska bill . The country was at once in a blaze . He scorned all opposition , and carried it through Congress . Since then he has seen himself superseded in a presidential nomination by one ...
... Judge Douglas brought for- ward his famous Nebraska bill . The country was at once in a blaze . He scorned all opposition , and carried it through Congress . Since then he has seen himself superseded in a presidential nomination by one ...
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