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Page 140
... ernment , they are equals precisely . But how are they in the number of their white people ? Maine has 581,813 , while South Carolina has 274,567 . Maine has twice as many as South Carolina , and 32,679 over . Thus each white man in ...
... ernment , they are equals precisely . But how are they in the number of their white people ? Maine has 581,813 , while South Carolina has 274,567 . Maine has twice as many as South Carolina , and 32,679 over . Thus each white man in ...
Page 184
... ernment changed , and it was proposed to nationalize slavery and make it perpetual - to confer upon it the same rights with freedom - nay , to make it impossible for freedom to abolish it - then he foresaw a conflict which could only ...
... ernment changed , and it was proposed to nationalize slavery and make it perpetual - to confer upon it the same rights with freedom - nay , to make it impossible for freedom to abolish it - then he foresaw a conflict which could only ...
Page 207
... ernment under which we live ? " and " who were our fathers who framed the Constitution ? " The frame of government is the Constitution itself , consisting of the original , framed in 1787 , and twelve subsequent amendments , ten of ...
... ernment under which we live ? " and " who were our fathers who framed the Constitution ? " The frame of government is the Constitution itself , consisting of the original , framed in 1787 , and twelve subsequent amendments , ten of ...
Page 253
... ernment , southern sympathizers were scattered over the whole North , business was depressed , and a fearful looking - for of terrible days and terrible events had taken possession of those who still loved the Union , when Mr. Lincoln ...
... ernment , southern sympathizers were scattered over the whole North , business was depressed , and a fearful looking - for of terrible days and terrible events had taken possession of those who still loved the Union , when Mr. Lincoln ...
Page 267
... ernment , I shall speak , and speak as well as I am able for the good of the present and of the future of this country - for the good of the North and of the South - for the good of one and of the other , and of all sec- tions of it ...
... ernment , I shall speak , and speak as well as I am able for the good of the present and of the future of this country - for the good of the North and of the South - for the good of one and of the other , and of all sec- tions of it ...
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