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Page 353
... Judge well knows to be this : " If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy ... Judge's " sacred right of self - government " for that people to have it , or rather to keep it , if they choose ...
... Judge well knows to be this : " If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy ... Judge's " sacred right of self - government " for that people to have it , or rather to keep it , if they choose ...
Page 451
... Judge at Clinton , that is to say , I was on the ground , but not in the dis- cussion , —and heard him make a speech . Then he comes in with his plea to this charge , for the first time ; and his plea when put in , as well as I can ...
... Judge at Clinton , that is to say , I was on the ground , but not in the dis- cussion , —and heard him make a speech . Then he comes in with his plea to this charge , for the first time ; and his plea when put in , as well as I can ...
Page 459
... Judge Douglas will not deny that he was then in favor of overslaughing that decision by the mode of adding five new judges , so as to vote down the four old ones . Not only so , but it ended in the Judge's sitting down on the very bench ...
... Judge Douglas will not deny that he was then in favor of overslaughing that decision by the mode of adding five new judges , so as to vote down the four old ones . Not only so , but it ended in the Judge's sitting down on the very bench ...
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LINCOLNS DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER | 1 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
of the House of Representatives at Springfield Illinois | 90 |
Copyright | |
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