Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 2Century Company, 1894 - United States |
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... important question connected with this subject is one of a political character . The State of South Carolina is in open rebellion against the government . Her authorities have seized the public property , have wholly disregarded the ...
... important question connected with this subject is one of a political character . The State of South Carolina is in open rebellion against the government . Her authorities have seized the public property , have wholly disregarded the ...
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... important matter ; but , on the contrary , I not only shall receive the advice of the Senate thereon cheerfully , but I respect- fully ask the Senate for their advice on the three questions before recited . WASHINGTON , March 16 , 1861 ...
... important matter ; but , on the contrary , I not only shall receive the advice of the Senate thereon cheerfully , but I respect- fully ask the Senate for their advice on the three questions before recited . WASHINGTON , March 16 , 1861 ...
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... important . A convention elected by the peo- ple of that State to consider this very question of disrupting the Federal Union was in session at the capital of Virginia when Fort Sumter fell . To this body the people had chosen a large ...
... important . A convention elected by the peo- ple of that State to consider this very question of disrupting the Federal Union was in session at the capital of Virginia when Fort Sumter fell . To this body the people had chosen a large ...
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... important for you to know . It is now recommended that you give the legal means for making this contest a short and decisive one : that you place at the control of the government for the work at least four hundred thousand men and ...
... important for you to know . It is now recommended that you give the legal means for making this contest a short and decisive one : that you place at the control of the government for the work at least four hundred thousand men and ...
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... important fact of all , is the unanimous firmness of the common soldiers and common sailors . To the last man , so far as known , they have successfully resisted the traitorous efforts of those whose commands , but an hour before , they ...
... important fact of all , is the unanimous firmness of the common soldiers and common sailors . To the last man , so far as known , they have successfully resisted the traitorous efforts of those whose commands , but an hour before , they ...
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