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Page 237
... matter of dispensing patronage , it per- haps will surprise you to learn that I have informa- tion that you claim to have my authority to arrange that matter in New York . I do not believe that you have so claimed ; but still so some ...
... matter of dispensing patronage , it per- haps will surprise you to learn that I have informa- tion that you claim to have my authority to arrange that matter in New York . I do not believe that you have so claimed ; but still so some ...
Page 252
... matter of popular sovereignty . What is popular sov- ereignty ? We recollect that at an earlier period in the history of this struggle , there was another name for the same thing - squatter sovereignty . . . . Vast credit is taken by ...
... matter of popular sovereignty . What is popular sov- ereignty ? We recollect that at an earlier period in the history of this struggle , there was another name for the same thing - squatter sovereignty . . . . Vast credit is taken by ...
Page 358
... matter of planting slavery upon a soil - a thing which once planted , cannot be eradi- cated . . . without infinite difficulty and a long strug- gle - he considers the power to prohibit it as one of those little , local , trivial things ...
... matter of planting slavery upon a soil - a thing which once planted , cannot be eradi- cated . . . without infinite difficulty and a long strug- gle - he considers the power to prohibit it as one of those little , local , trivial things ...
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