A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential Nominations and Elections Including All the National Platforms Ever Yet Adopted: Also a History of the Struggle Respecting Slavery in the Territories, and of the Action of Congress as to the Freedom of the Public Lands, with the Most Notable Speeches and Letters of Messrs. Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H. V. Johnson, Etc., Etc., Touching the Questions of the Day; and Returns of All Presidential Elections Since 1836 |
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... constitutional powers . 2. Resolved , That the Constitution does not confer upon the General Government the power to commence or carry on a general system of internal improvement . authority upon the Federal Government , directly or in ...
... constitutional powers . 2. Resolved , That the Constitution does not confer upon the General Government the power to commence or carry on a general system of internal improvement . authority upon the Federal Government , directly or in ...
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... Constitution , to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States ; and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything pertaining to their own affairs , not prohibited by the Constitution ; that ...
... Constitution , to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States ; and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything pertaining to their own affairs , not prohibited by the Constitution ; that ...
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... Constitution of the United States , which confers extraordinary political powers on the owners of slaves , and thereby constitut- ing the two hundred and fifty thousand slaveholders in the Slave States a privileged aristocracy ; and the ...
... Constitution of the United States , which confers extraordinary political powers on the owners of slaves , and thereby constitut- ing the two hundred and fifty thousand slaveholders in the Slave States a privileged aristocracy ; and the ...
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... constitution , laws and treaties as they would retain their self - respect , and the gent and patriotic body , representing millions of my respect which they claim and will enforce from foreign the very eminent names which were before ...
... constitution , laws and treaties as they would retain their self - respect , and the gent and patriotic body , representing millions of my respect which they claim and will enforce from foreign the very eminent names which were before ...
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... Constitution , which makes ours the land of liberty , and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation , have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith ; and every attempt to abridge the privilege of be- coming citizens and ...
... Constitution , which makes ours the land of liberty , and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation , have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith ; and every attempt to abridge the privilege of be- coming citizens and ...
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