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Page 45
... contest . Third . Time : On Thursday evening at five o'clock , if you can get it so ; but in no case to be at a greater distance of time than Friday evening at five o'clock . Fourth . Place : Within three miles of Alton , 45 OF ABRAHAM ...
... contest . Third . Time : On Thursday evening at five o'clock , if you can get it so ; but in no case to be at a greater distance of time than Friday evening at five o'clock . Fourth . Place : Within three miles of Alton , 45 OF ABRAHAM ...
Page 61
... contest , and endearing themselves to the people , and taking a stand far above any I have ever been able to reach in their admira- tion . I cannot conceive that other old men feel differently . Of course I cannot demonstrate what I say ...
... contest , and endearing themselves to the people , and taking a stand far above any I have ever been able to reach in their admira- tion . I cannot conceive that other old men feel differently . Of course I cannot demonstrate what I say ...
Page 95
... contest we were divided between Frémont and Fillmore . Can we not come together for the future ? Let every one who really believes , and is resolved , that free society is not and shall not be a failure , and who can conscientiously ...
... contest we were divided between Frémont and Fillmore . Can we not come together for the future ? Let every one who really believes , and is resolved , that free society is not and shall not be a failure , and who can conscientiously ...
Page 136
... contest both as the best means to break down and to uphold the slave interest . No ingenuity can keep these an- tagonistic elements in harmony long . Another explosion will soon come . [ From a letter to A. G. Henry . Springfield ...
... contest both as the best means to break down and to uphold the slave interest . No ingenuity can keep these an- tagonistic elements in harmony long . Another explosion will soon come . [ From a letter to A. G. Henry . Springfield ...
Page 145
... contest of 1860. The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to " platform " for something which will be popular just there , but which , nev- ertheless , will be a firebrand elsewhere , and especially in a national ...
... contest of 1860. The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to " platform " for something which will be popular just there , but which , nev- ertheless , will be a firebrand elsewhere , and especially in a national ...
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