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... proposals , even on the question of slavery . It was written by a committee under the chairmanship of David Wilmot , who as a Democratic member of Congress from Pennsylvania had proposed in 1846 a famous and controversial proviso that ...
... proposals , even on the question of slavery . It was written by a committee under the chairmanship of David Wilmot , who as a Democratic member of Congress from Pennsylvania had proposed in 1846 a famous and controversial proviso that ...
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... proposed the Thirteenth Amendment to attain that goal . All were welcome in Lincoln's party except those who opposed the union or those who proposed a punitive peace . Even they , if they could be brought to accept the light though they ...
... proposed the Thirteenth Amendment to attain that goal . All were welcome in Lincoln's party except those who opposed the union or those who proposed a punitive peace . Even they , if they could be brought to accept the light though they ...
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... proposed Pacific railroad ? We have already said that two of the principal routes , the central and the northern , traverse this Territory . If slavery be allowed there , the settlement and cultivation of the country must be greatly re ...
... proposed Pacific railroad ? We have already said that two of the principal routes , the central and the northern , traverse this Territory . If slavery be allowed there , the settlement and cultivation of the country must be greatly re ...
Contents
PREFACE PART ITHE REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 Crisis and a New Party | 7 |
1856 | 15 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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