Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... Democratic - Republican party.2 The choice of Kentucky as the place where the scene should be enacted is somewhat remarkable . It would have been entirely inexplicable upon the earlier theory of the origin of the resolutions , which ...
... Democratic - Republican party.2 The choice of Kentucky as the place where the scene should be enacted is somewhat remarkable . It would have been entirely inexplicable upon the earlier theory of the origin of the resolutions , which ...
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... party , to read the signs of the times . Instead of taking advantage of the wholesome reaction which had taken place in popular opinion , and winning the confidence of the more con- servative elements in the democratic drift , the ...
... party , to read the signs of the times . Instead of taking advantage of the wholesome reaction which had taken place in popular opinion , and winning the confidence of the more con- servative elements in the democratic drift , the ...
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... Democratic party , the bond which had thus far held North and South together . The split in the party began with the indorsement by President Bu- chanan of the Lecompton constitution . THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION On his inauguration the ...
... Democratic party , the bond which had thus far held North and South together . The split in the party began with the indorsement by President Bu- chanan of the Lecompton constitution . THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION On his inauguration the ...
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... Democratic party . Owing to the division in the Democratic ranks , on February 8 , 1858 , the House by three votes 106 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... Democratic party . Owing to the division in the Democratic ranks , on February 8 , 1858 , the House by three votes 106 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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... Democratic party in his State being generally indifferent to his success and , in some cases , actively hostile . Accordingly he prepared himself for " the fight of his life . " The Republicans realized their opportunity to secure a ...
... Democratic party in his State being generally indifferent to his success and , in some cases , actively hostile . Accordingly he prepared himself for " the fight of his life . " The Republicans realized their opportunity to secure a ...
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