Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois: Including the Preceding Speeches of Each at Chicago, Springfield, Etc., Also the Two Great Speeches of Abraham Lincoln in Ohio in 1859 |
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... regard the Lecompton battle as having been fought , and the victory won , because the arrogant demand for the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution unconditionally , whether her people wanted it or not , has been ...
... regard the Lecompton battle as having been fought , and the victory won , because the arrogant demand for the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution unconditionally , whether her people wanted it or not , has been ...
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... regard the great principle of popular sovereignty as having been vindi- cated and made triumphant in this land as a permanent rule of public policy in the organization of Territories and the admission of new States . Illinois took her ...
... regard the great principle of popular sovereignty as having been vindi- cated and made triumphant in this land as a permanent rule of public policy in the organization of Territories and the admission of new States . Illinois took her ...
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... regard him as a kind , amiable , and intelli- gent gentleman , a good citizen and an honorable opponent ; and whatever issue may have with him will be of principle , and not involving personalities . Mr. Lincoln made a speech before ...
... regard him as a kind , amiable , and intelli- gent gentleman , a good citizen and an honorable opponent ; and whatever issue may have with him will be of principle , and not involving personalities . Mr. Lincoln made a speech before ...
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... regard to all that was local and internal and domestic , while the Federal Government should have certain specified powers which were general and national , and could be exercised only by Federal authority . The framers of the ...
... regard to all that was local and internal and domestic , while the Federal Government should have certain specified powers which were general and national , and could be exercised only by Federal authority . The framers of the ...
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... regard to which the question had been settled ; it was brought forward at a time when nobody asked him ; it was tendered to the South when the South had not asked for it , but when they could not well refuse it ; and for this same ...
... regard to which the question had been settled ; it was brought forward at a time when nobody asked him ; it was tendered to the South when the South had not asked for it , but when they could not well refuse it ; and for this same ...
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POLITICAL DEBATES BETWEEN ABRA Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln,Stephen Arnold 1813-1861 Douglas No preview available - 2016 |
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