Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 2Century Company, 1894 - United States |
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... existing govern- ment , they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it , or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it . I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of ...
... existing govern- ment , they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it , or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it . I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of ...
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... existing circumstances of the country and in the present condition of the national finances . But it seems to me highly improbable that the attempt , especially if accompanied or immediately followed by a proclamation setting forth a ...
... existing circumstances of the country and in the present condition of the national finances . But it seems to me highly improbable that the attempt , especially if accompanied or immediately followed by a proclamation setting forth a ...
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... existing circumstances , and I am not disposed to controvert their opinions . But a plan has been submitted by a gentleman of undoubted courage and intelligence , -not of the army or navy , -to run in supplies by steam- tugs , to be ...
... existing circumstances , and I am not disposed to controvert their opinions . But a plan has been submitted by a gentleman of undoubted courage and intelligence , -not of the army or navy , -to run in supplies by steam- tugs , to be ...
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... existing between the governments of the United States and Great Britain concerning the boundary line between Vancouver's Island and the American continent ? In case the referee shall find himself unable to decide where the line is by ...
... existing between the governments of the United States and Great Britain concerning the boundary line between Vancouver's Island and the American continent ? In case the referee shall find himself unable to decide where the line is by ...
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... existing laws , the executive has power to collect duties on shipboard off shore in cases where their collection in the ordinary way is by any cause rendered impracticable . This would include the question of law- ful power to prevent ...
... existing laws , the executive has power to collect duties on shipboard off shore in cases where their collection in the ordinary way is by any cause rendered impracticable . This would include the question of law- ful power to prevent ...
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