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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... institution of in nomination for the ensuing term by the Le - free - masonry in its moral and political bearings , gislature of Tennessee , having only Mr. Adams somewhat intensified from the excitement for an opponent in 1828 , when he ...
... institution of in nomination for the ensuing term by the Le - free - masonry in its moral and political bearings , gislature of Tennessee , having only Mr. Adams somewhat intensified from the excitement for an opponent in 1828 , when he ...
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... institution are argued at con- siderable length . The outrageous and inhuman treatment of the Cherokee Indians by the State of Georgia , and the failure of the National Ad- ministration to protect them in their rights , acquired by ...
... institution are argued at con- siderable length . The outrageous and inhuman treatment of the Cherokee Indians by the State of Georgia , and the failure of the National Ad- ministration to protect them in their rights , acquired by ...
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... institution one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the coun- try , dangerous to our republican institutions and the liberties of the people , and calculated to place the busi- ness of the country within the control of a ...
... institution one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the coun- try , dangerous to our republican institutions and the liberties of the people , and calculated to place the busi- ness of the country within the control of a ...
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... institution of Slavery within the several States of this Union , it nevertheless has the power and it is the duty of Congress to prohibit the introduction or existence of Slavery in any territory now possessed , or which may hereafter ...
... institution of Slavery within the several States of this Union , it nevertheless has the power and it is the duty of Congress to prohibit the introduction or existence of Slavery in any territory now possessed , or which may hereafter ...
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... institutions for our brethren in Oregon , now exposed to hardships , peril and massacre by the reckless hostility of the Slave Power to the establishment of Free Government for Free Territories ; and not only for them , but for our new ...
... institutions for our brethren in Oregon , now exposed to hardships , peril and massacre by the reckless hostility of the Slave Power to the establishment of Free Government for Free Territories ; and not only for them , but for our new ...
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