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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... equal in number to their representatives in both houses of Congress , to make nominations of suitable candidates for the office of President and Vice - President , to be supported at the next election , and for the transaction of such ...
... equal in number to their representatives in both houses of Congress , to make nominations of suitable candidates for the office of President and Vice - President , to be supported at the next election , and for the transaction of such ...
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... equal rights into all its practical consequences and ap- plications , and support every just measure conducive to individual and social freedom . Resolved , That the Liberty Party is not a sectional party but a national party ; was not ...
... equal rights into all its practical consequences and ap- plications , and support every just measure conducive to individual and social freedom . Resolved , That the Liberty Party is not a sectional party but a national party ; was not ...
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... equal rights for which their Lafayette and our Washington fought side by side in the struggle for our National Independence ; and we would especially convey to them and to the whole peo- ple of France , our earnest wishes for the ...
... equal rights for which their Lafayette and our Washington fought side by side in the struggle for our National Independence ; and we would especially convey to them and to the whole peo- ple of France , our earnest wishes for the ...
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... equal to their actual cost , and of the public benefits resulting therefrom , of reasonable portions of the public lands , under suitable limitations , is a wise and just measure of public policy , which will promote in various ways the ...
... equal to their actual cost , and of the public benefits resulting therefrom , of reasonable portions of the public lands , under suitable limitations , is a wise and just measure of public policy , which will promote in various ways the ...
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... equal rights of the whole American people in that vast national inheritance ; and also to recommend or approve of a sin- gle alteration in our naturalization laws , suggested by my military experience , viz : Giving to all foreigners ...
... equal rights of the whole American people in that vast national inheritance ; and also to recommend or approve of a sin- gle alteration in our naturalization laws , suggested by my military experience , viz : Giving to all foreigners ...
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