The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and Death |
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... Constitution , to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States . " They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power , under the Constitution , to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia ; but ...
... Constitution , to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States . " They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power , under the Constitution , to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia ; but ...
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... Constitution itself carried slavery all over the Territories of the United States . In spite of this decision , the ... Constitution . The trick by which they sub- mitted to the popular vote only a schedule on the slavery question ...
... Constitution itself carried slavery all over the Territories of the United States . In spite of this decision , the ... Constitution . The trick by which they sub- mitted to the popular vote only a schedule on the slavery question ...
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... Constitution , compelling every voter , however he might vote upon this schedule , to vote for their Constitution , which fixed slavery upon the State just as surely , whether the schedule was adopted or not , will be well remembered ...
... Constitution , compelling every voter , however he might vote upon this schedule , to vote for their Constitution , which fixed slavery upon the State just as surely , whether the schedule was adopted or not , will be well remembered ...
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... Constitution was or was not , in any just sense , made by the people of Kansas ; and in that quarrel the latter ... Constitution , involves nothing of the origi- nal Nebraska doctrine . That struggle was made on a point - the right of a ...
... Constitution was or was not , in any just sense , made by the people of Kansas ; and in that quarrel the latter ... Constitution , involves nothing of the origi- nal Nebraska doctrine . That struggle was made on a point - the right of a ...
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... Constitution . " Why mention a State ? They were legislating for Territories , and not for or about States . Certainly , the people of a State are and ought to be subject to the Constitution of the United States ; but why is mention of ...
... Constitution . " Why mention a State ? They were legislating for Territories , and not for or about States . Certainly , the people of a State are and ought to be subject to the Constitution of the United States ; but why is mention of ...
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