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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... establish a Slave Code in the Territories 9 9 Proposition of Mr. S. E. Church , of New - York ; Report of Committee on Credentials Minority Report of do .; Admission of Douglas Delegates from Louisiana and Alabama Virginia , North ...
... establish a Slave Code in the Territories 9 9 Proposition of Mr. S. E. Church , of New - York ; Report of Committee on Credentials Minority Report of do .; Admission of Douglas Delegates from Louisiana and Alabama Virginia , North ...
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... establish or continue sword it should be to strike for Liberty , not for Despot- Slavery anywhere , and therefore that all treaties and ism . acts of Congress establishing , continuing or favoring Slavery in the District of Columbia ...
... establish or continue sword it should be to strike for Liberty , not for Despot- Slavery anywhere , and therefore that all treaties and ism . acts of Congress establishing , continuing or favoring Slavery in the District of Columbia ...
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... establish government on those eternal principles of 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 ...
... establish government on those eternal principles of 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 ...
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... establish Slavery than to institute or establish a Monarchy : no such power can be found among those specifically conferred by the Constitution , or derived by just implication from them . Resolved , That - it is the duty of the Federal ...
... establish Slavery than to institute or establish a Monarchy : no such power can be found among those specifically conferred by the Constitution , or derived by just implication from them . Resolved , That - it is the duty of the Federal ...
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... establish Slavery than to establish a Monarchy , should at once proceed to relieve itself from all respon sibility for the existence of Slavery , wherever it possesses constitutional power to legislate for its extinction . 5. That , to ...
... establish Slavery than to establish a Monarchy , should at once proceed to relieve itself from all respon sibility for the existence of Slavery , wherever it possesses constitutional power to legislate for its extinction . 5. That , to ...
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