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... northern reaches of the territory acquired from Mexico , talked of a new party . The Compromise of 1850 had at least tacitly excluded slavery from the northern portions of that territory , and it too could be re- pudiated as the ...
... northern reaches of the territory acquired from Mexico , talked of a new party . The Compromise of 1850 had at least tacitly excluded slavery from the northern portions of that territory , and it too could be re- pudiated as the ...
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... northern states , and in 15 of them , with enough electoral votes to win , he had clear majorities over all his opposition . He would have been elected had his opponents combined their strength in a single candidacy - unless that ...
... northern states , and in 15 of them , with enough electoral votes to win , he had clear majorities over all his opposition . He would have been elected had his opponents combined their strength in a single candidacy - unless that ...
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... northern victories to a skeleton force . Under the guidance of Secretary Seward it negotiated the French out of Mexico , where Napoleon III had supported imperial aspirations . By the purchase of Alaska ( then ridiculed as Seward's ...
... northern victories to a skeleton force . Under the guidance of Secretary Seward it negotiated the French out of Mexico , where Napoleon III had supported imperial aspirations . By the purchase of Alaska ( then ridiculed as Seward's ...
Contents
PREFACE PART ITHE REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 Crisis and a New Party | 7 |
1856 | 15 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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