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... Congress , a gubernatorial or a presidential chair ; but such belong not to the family of the lion , or the tribe of the eagle . What ! think you these places would satisfy an Alexander , a Cćsar , or a Napoleon ? Never ! Towering ...
... Congress , a gubernatorial or a presidential chair ; but such belong not to the family of the lion , or the tribe of the eagle . What ! think you these places would satisfy an Alexander , a Cćsar , or a Napoleon ? Never ! Towering ...
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... Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the insti- tution of slavery in the different States . They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power , under the Constitution , to ...
... Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the insti- tution of slavery in the different States . They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power , under the Constitution , to ...
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... congress . ] As to the country now in question [ Mexico ] we bought it of France in 1803 , and sold it to Spain in 1819 , according to the President's statements . After this , all Mexico , includ- ing Texas , revolutionized against ...
... congress . ] As to the country now in question [ Mexico ] we bought it of France in 1803 , and sold it to Spain in 1819 , according to the President's statements . After this , all Mexico , includ- ing Texas , revolutionized against ...
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... Congress and became a law . I This is the repeal of the Missouri Compromise . The foregoing history may not be precisely accurate in every particular , but I am sure it is sufficiently so for all the use I shall attempt to make of it ...
... Congress and became a law . I This is the repeal of the Missouri Compromise . The foregoing history may not be precisely accurate in every particular , but I am sure it is sufficiently so for all the use I shall attempt to make of it ...
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... Congress can- not prohibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court - dividing differently on the different points . Judge Douglas does not discuss the merits of the decision , and in that respect I shall follow his ...
... Congress can- not prohibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court - dividing differently on the different points . Judge Douglas does not discuss the merits of the decision , and in that respect I shall follow his ...
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln American Civil War, letters and diaries Half-title: The unit books, no. 2 Issue 2 of The Unit books |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | Mary Maclean |
| Publisher | Unit Book Publishing Company, 1907 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2011 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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