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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... Judge GREENE C. , on Slavery , 52 letter affirming Slavery to exist only by positive law ..... 26 BROWN , AARON V. , of Tennessee , de- feated for Vice - President in Democratic Conven- tion 1856 ..... ANTI - SLAVERY ORDINANCE of 1784 ...
... Judge GREENE C. , on Slavery , 52 letter affirming Slavery to exist only by positive law ..... 26 BROWN , AARON V. , of Tennessee , de- feated for Vice - President in Democratic Conven- tion 1856 ..... ANTI - SLAVERY ORDINANCE of 1784 ...
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... Judge JOHN , of Ohio , defeated for President in Republican Convention , 1856 .. Also , in Republican Nat . Convention of 1860 ... 27 MCKAY , JAMES J. , of North Carolina , beat- en for Vice - President in Dem . Convention 1848 ...
... Judge JOHN , of Ohio , defeated for President in Republican Convention , 1856 .. Also , in Republican Nat . Convention of 1860 ... 27 MCKAY , JAMES J. , of North Carolina , beat- en for Vice - President in Dem . Convention 1848 ...
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... judges of everything pertaining to their own affairs , not prohibited by the Constitution ; that all efforts , by abolitionists or others , made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery , or to take incipient steps in ...
... judges of everything pertaining to their own affairs , not prohibited by the Constitution ; that all efforts , by abolitionists or others , made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery , or to take incipient steps in ...
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... judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs , and prohibited by the Constitution ; that all efforts of the Abolitionists or others , made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of Slavery , or to take incipient steps ...
... judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs , and prohibited by the Constitution ; that all efforts of the Abolitionists or others , made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of Slavery , or to take incipient steps ...
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... judges of everything appertaining to their efforts of the Abolitionists or others made to induce Con- own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution ; that all gress to interfere with questions of Slavery , or to take incipient steps in ...
... judges of everything appertaining to their efforts of the Abolitionists or others made to induce Con- own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution ; that all gress to interfere with questions of Slavery , or to take incipient steps in ...
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