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We find ourselves in the peaceful possession of the fairest por- tion of the earth as regards extent of territory , fertility of soil , and salubrity of climate . We find ourselves under the government of a system of political ...
We find ourselves in the peaceful possession of the fairest por- tion of the earth as regards extent of territory , fertility of soil , and salubrity of climate . We find ourselves under the government of a system of political ...
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At one time telling us that Mexico has nothing whatever that we can get but territory ; at another showing us how we can support the war by levying contributions on Mexico . At one time urging the national honor , the security of the ...
At one time telling us that Mexico has nothing whatever that we can get but territory ; at another showing us how we can support the war by levying contributions on Mexico . At one time urging the national honor , the security of the ...
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So then this national honor , security of the future , and everything but territorial indemnity may be considered the no ... to get the excess after those expenses shall have sur- passed the value of the whole of the Mexican territory .
So then this national honor , security of the future , and everything but territorial indemnity may be considered the no ... to get the excess after those expenses shall have sur- passed the value of the whole of the Mexican territory .
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About a month after the introduction of the bill [ to give Nebraska and Kansas territorial governments ] on the judge's own motion it is so amended as to declare the Missouri Compromise inoperative and void ; and , sub- stantially ...
About a month after the introduction of the bill [ to give Nebraska and Kansas territorial governments ] on the judge's own motion it is so amended as to declare the Missouri Compromise inoperative and void ; and , sub- stantially ...
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But all this , to my judgment , furnishes no more excuse for permitting slavery to go into our own free territory than it would for reviving the African slave - trade by law . The law which forbids the bringing of slaves from Africa ...
But all this , to my judgment , furnishes no more excuse for permitting slavery to go into our own free territory than it would for reviving the African slave - trade by law . The law which forbids the bringing of slaves from Africa ...
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ... Issue 2 of The unit books The unit books, no.2 |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Publisher | H.W. Bell, 1903 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 399 pages |
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