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... question is " And suppose we could succeed in proving it a wicked and unconstitutional war , do we not thereby strip Taylor and Scott of more than half their laurels ? " Whether it would so strip them is not matter of demonstration ...
... question is " And suppose we could succeed in proving it a wicked and unconstitutional war , do we not thereby strip Taylor and Scott of more than half their laurels ? " Whether it would so strip them is not matter of demonstration ...
Page 272
... question — or at most , no considerable question - arose about slavery - those which were within the limits of or owned by the old states , fol- lowing respectively , the condition of the parent state , and those within the North West ...
... question — or at most , no considerable question - arose about slavery - those which were within the limits of or owned by the old states , fol- lowing respectively , the condition of the parent state , and those within the North West ...
Page 463
... question . I asked him to answer me and you , whether he would vote to admit a State into the Union , with slavery or without it , as its own people might choose . He did not answer that question . He dodges that question also , under ...
... question . I asked him to answer me and you , whether he would vote to admit a State into the Union , with slavery or without it , as its own people might choose . He did not answer that question . He dodges that question also , under ...
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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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