Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) |
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Republican speakers , LYMAN TRUMBULL ( Ill . ) , JOHN P. HALE ( N. H. ) , HENRY WILSON ( Mass . ) , WILLIAM P. FESSENDEN ( Me . ) , ZACHARIAH CHANDLER ( Mich . ) . " The Warning of Harper's Ferry " : Message of President JAMES BUCHANAN ...
Republican speakers , LYMAN TRUMBULL ( Ill . ) , JOHN P. HALE ( N. H. ) , HENRY WILSON ( Mass . ) , WILLIAM P. FESSENDEN ( Me . ) , ZACHARIAH CHANDLER ( Mich . ) . " The Warning of Harper's Ferry " : Message of President JAMES BUCHANAN ...
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... Union Rail - Splitters [ Lincoln and Seward Splitting the Union ] Stephen A. Douglas Photogravure " The Irrepressible Conflict " [ The Republican Party Throwing Seward Overboard ] John Brown Exhibiting His Hangman [ Jefferson Davis ] ...
... Union Rail - Splitters [ Lincoln and Seward Splitting the Union ] Stephen A. Douglas Photogravure " The Irrepressible Conflict " [ The Republican Party Throwing Seward Overboard ] John Brown Exhibiting His Hangman [ Jefferson Davis ] ...
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... the mover of the resolutions , and the resolutions themselves had been carefully devised by the leaders of the movement which was , through these resolutions , to find definite organization as the Democratic - Republican party .
... the mover of the resolutions , and the resolutions themselves had been carefully devised by the leaders of the movement which was , through these resolutions , to find definite organization as the Democratic - Republican party .
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Democratic in nature , it was to be republican in form . The prevalence of the idea of democracy gave to that name less distinction than the name Republican , and the French influences which were operating upon Mr. Jefferson also ...
Democratic in nature , it was to be republican in form . The prevalence of the idea of democracy gave to that name less distinction than the name Republican , and the French influences which were operating upon Mr. Jefferson also ...
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... was nothing less than the dissolution of the Union , sent an army officer to Hartford to oversee its deliberations , and Congress ( strongly Republican ) requested the President to appoint a day for national fasting and prayer .
... was nothing less than the dissolution of the Union , sent an army officer to Hartford to oversee its deliberations , and Congress ( strongly Republican ) requested the President to appoint a day for national fasting and prayer .
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