The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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... Senate , Clay , Calhoun , Webster , Benton , still shaped the destinies and restrained the passions of men ; and men of great ability stood forth in the lower House . Mr. Lincoln was opposed to the annexation of Texas and to the Mexican ...
... Senate , Clay , Calhoun , Webster , Benton , still shaped the destinies and restrained the passions of men ; and men of great ability stood forth in the lower House . Mr. Lincoln was opposed to the annexation of Texas and to the Mexican ...
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... Senator , General Shields having been elected . After his retirement from Congress , Mr. Lincoln devoted him- self ... Senate , but as some anti - Nebraska Democrats adhered to Mr. Trumbull , Mr. Lincoln gave way in his usual unselfish ...
... Senator , General Shields having been elected . After his retirement from Congress , Mr. Lincoln devoted him- self ... Senate , but as some anti - Nebraska Democrats adhered to Mr. Trumbull , Mr. Lincoln gave way in his usual unselfish ...
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... Senate by a small ma- jority , effected , his opponents claimed , by the unfair districting of the State . Mr. Lincoln thought more of the cause than of personal success . Being now in the field he extended his tour to other States ...
... Senate by a small ma- jority , effected , his opponents claimed , by the unfair districting of the State . Mr. Lincoln thought more of the cause than of personal success . Being now in the field he extended his tour to other States ...
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... Senator from Maine . The Democratic party was rent in twain . The violence of Southern leaders , the imperiousness of their demands , and the manifest determination on their part to drive matters to a point where no solution but civil ...
... Senator from Maine . The Democratic party was rent in twain . The violence of Southern leaders , the imperiousness of their demands , and the manifest determination on their part to drive matters to a point where no solution but civil ...
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... Edward Bates , of Missouri , became Attorney - General . These nomina- tions were all confirmed by the Senate , and his Cabinet at once began their arduous duties . On the 12th of March , John Forsyth , of 36 LINCOLN MEMORIAL .
... Edward Bates , of Missouri , became Attorney - General . These nomina- tions were all confirmed by the Senate , and his Cabinet at once began their arduous duties . On the 12th of March , John Forsyth , of 36 LINCOLN MEMORIAL .
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