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... nomination . If he is , ask him to discard feeling , and try if he can possibly , as a matter of judgment , count the votes necessary to elect him . In my judgment we can elect nobody but General Taylor ; and we cannot elect him without ...
... nomination . If he is , ask him to discard feeling , and try if he can possibly , as a matter of judgment , count the votes necessary to elect him . In my judgment we can elect nobody but General Taylor ; and we cannot elect him without ...
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... nomination of " Old Rough , " I found your letter in a mass of others which had accumulated in my absence . By many , and often , it had been said they would not abide the nomination of Taylor ; but since the deed has been done , they ...
... nomination of " Old Rough , " I found your letter in a mass of others which had accumulated in my absence . By many , and often , it had been said they would not abide the nomination of Taylor ; but since the deed has been done , they ...
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... nomination takes the Locos on the blind side . It turns the war thunder against them . The war is now to them the gallows of Haman , which they built for us , and on which they are doomed to be hanged themselves . [ From a letter to ...
... nomination takes the Locos on the blind side . It turns the war thunder against them . The war is now to them the gallows of Haman , which they built for us , and on which they are doomed to be hanged themselves . [ From a letter to ...
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... nomination by one indorsing the general doctrine of his measure , but at the same time standing clear of the odium of its untimely agitation and its gross breach of national faith ; and he has seen that successful rival constitutionally ...
... nomination by one indorsing the general doctrine of his measure , but at the same time standing clear of the odium of its untimely agitation and its gross breach of national faith ; and he has seen that successful rival constitutionally ...
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... nominated Lincoln for United States senator 16 June 1858. ] Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention : If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could better judge what to do , and how to do it . We are ...
... nominated Lincoln for United States senator 16 June 1858. ] Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention : If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could better judge what to do , and how to do it . We are ...
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