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And yet perhaps it does not occur to you that to the extent of your gain in the case , you have given up the slave system and adopted the free system of labor . [ From a speech delivered in reply to Senator Stephen 174 LETTERS AND ...
And yet perhaps it does not occur to you that to the extent of your gain in the case , you have given up the slave system and adopted the free system of labor . [ From a speech delivered in reply to Senator Stephen 174 LETTERS AND ...
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[ From a speech delivered in reply to Senator Stephen A. Douglas at Peoria , Illinois , 16 October 1854. ] About a month after the introduction of the bill [ to give Nebraska and Kansas territorial governments ] on the judge's own ...
[ From a speech delivered in reply to Senator Stephen A. Douglas at Peoria , Illinois , 16 October 1854. ] About a month after the introduction of the bill [ to give Nebraska and Kansas territorial governments ] on the judge's own ...
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It seems our distinguished senator has found great difficulty in getting his antagonists , even in the Senate , to meet him fairly on this argument . Some poet has said : Fools rush in where angels fear to tread .
It seems our distinguished senator has found great difficulty in getting his antagonists , even in the Senate , to meet him fairly on this argument . Some poet has said : Fools rush in where angels fear to tread .
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Of the fortyodd Nebraska senators who sat present and heard him , no one rebuked him . Nor am I apprised that any Nebraska newspaper , or any Nebraska orator , in the whole nation has ever yet rebuked him . If this had been said among ...
Of the fortyodd Nebraska senators who sat present and heard him , no one rebuked him . Nor am I apprised that any Nebraska newspaper , or any Nebraska orator , in the whole nation has ever yet rebuked him . If this had been said among ...
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In 1841 Harrison died and John Tyler succeeded to the presidency , and William R. King , of Alabama , was elected acting Vice - President by the Senate ; but no one supposed that the Union was in danger . In fact , at the very time Mr.
In 1841 Harrison died and John Tyler succeeded to the presidency , and William R. King , of Alabama , was elected acting Vice - President by the Senate ; but no one supposed that the Union was in danger . In fact , at the very time Mr.
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