Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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... held that the Constitution did not confer upon the general government the right to carry on a general system of internal improvements such as Lincoln was al- ways advocating , and which Lewis Cass , the Democratic candidate , had ...
... held that the Constitution did not confer upon the general government the right to carry on a general system of internal improvements such as Lincoln was al- ways advocating , and which Lewis Cass , the Democratic candidate , had ...
Page 240
... held in a temporary building erected in Judiciary Square . The Marine Band played " Hail to the Chief " at eleven o'clock when Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln came in with Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin . Society , which had become Southern and Democratic ...
... held in a temporary building erected in Judiciary Square . The Marine Band played " Hail to the Chief " at eleven o'clock when Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln came in with Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin . Society , which had become Southern and Democratic ...
Page 405
... held on to his cards and treated the bill to a pocket veto . On July 8 , 1864 , he issued another proclamation , reciting the nature of the act he had failed to approve , as having come to him one hour before Congress ad- journed , and ...
... held on to his cards and treated the bill to a pocket veto . On July 8 , 1864 , he issued another proclamation , reciting the nature of the act he had failed to approve , as having come to him one hour before Congress ad- journed , and ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
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