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... become all one thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery , will arrest the further spread of it , and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction ; or its ...
... become all one thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery , will arrest the further spread of it , and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction ; or its ...
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... become dominant there . He had become convinced that slavery should be prohibited by constitutional amendment , and upon his strong recommendation Congress less than three months before his death had proposed the Thirteenth Amendment to ...
... become dominant there . He had become convinced that slavery should be prohibited by constitutional amendment , and upon his strong recommendation Congress less than three months before his death had proposed the Thirteenth Amendment to ...
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... become a mere instrument of partisan tyranny and personal ambition and an object of selfish greed . It is a scandal and reproach upon free institutions and breeds a demoralization dangerous to the perpetuity of republican government ...
... become a mere instrument of partisan tyranny and personal ambition and an object of selfish greed . It is a scandal and reproach upon free institutions and breeds a demoralization dangerous to the perpetuity of republican government ...
Contents
PREFACE PART ITHE REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 Crisis and a New Party | 7 |
1856 | 15 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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