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Page 85
... necessity . " Let us return it to the position our fathers gave it , and there let it rest in peace . Let us readopt the Declaration of In- dependence , and with it the practices and policy which har- monize with it . Let North and ...
... necessity . " Let us return it to the position our fathers gave it , and there let it rest in peace . Let us readopt the Declaration of In- dependence , and with it the practices and policy which har- monize with it . Let North and ...
Page 89
... necessity , and the thing is done . Apropos of this , let me tell you an anec- dote . Douglas introduced the Nebraska bill in January . In February afterward there was a called session of the Illinois legislature . Of the one hundred ...
... necessity , and the thing is done . Apropos of this , let me tell you an anec- dote . Douglas introduced the Nebraska bill in January . In February afterward there was a called session of the Illinois legislature . Of the one hundred ...
Page 90
... necessity of supporting it became apparent , the way the Democrats began to see the wisdom and justice of it was perfectly astonishing . You say that if Kansas fairly votes herself a free State as a Christian you will rejoice at it ...
... necessity of supporting it became apparent , the way the Democrats began to see the wisdom and justice of it was perfectly astonishing . You say that if Kansas fairly votes herself a free State as a Christian you will rejoice at it ...
Page 94
... necessity , its constant working has been a steady progress toward the practical equality of all men . The late presidential election was a struggle by one party to discard that central idea and to substitute for it the op- posite idea ...
... necessity , its constant working has been a steady progress toward the practical equality of all men . The late presidential election was a struggle by one party to discard that central idea and to substitute for it the op- posite idea ...
Page 111
... necessity is imposed upon a man , he must sub- mit to it . I think that was the condition in which we found ourselves when we established this government . We had slaves among us ; we could not get our Constitution unless we permitted ...
... necessity is imposed upon a man , he must sub- mit to it . I think that was the condition in which we found ourselves when we established this government . We had slaves among us ; we could not get our Constitution unless we permitted ...
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