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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... Condition of the Country at the Meeting of Congress . - The Message . - Pro- ceedings in Congress . - Fort Fisher . - Death of Edward Everett . - Peace Conference in Hampton Roads . - Military Affairs .... Page 620 CHAPTER XX . CLOSE OF ...
... Condition of the Country at the Meeting of Congress . - The Message . - Pro- ceedings in Congress . - Fort Fisher . - Death of Edward Everett . - Peace Conference in Hampton Roads . - Military Affairs .... Page 620 CHAPTER XX . CLOSE OF ...
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... condition bordering on despair , and the widowed mother , looking through her tears , saw no cause for hope from earthly aid . At this juncture , the widow received a letter from Mr. Lincoln , vol- unteering his services in an effort to ...
... condition bordering on despair , and the widowed mother , looking through her tears , saw no cause for hope from earthly aid . At this juncture , the widow received a letter from Mr. Lincoln , vol- unteering his services in an effort to ...
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... condition of things by enlarging slavery - by spreading it out and making it bigger ? You may have a wen or cancer upon your person and not be able to cut it out lest you bleed to death ; but surely it is no way to cure it , to en ...
... condition of things by enlarging slavery - by spreading it out and making it bigger ? You may have a wen or cancer upon your person and not be able to cut it out lest you bleed to death ; but surely it is no way to cure it , to en ...
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... condition by the ceding States that the Federal Government should not prohibit slavery in the ceded country . Besides this , slavery was then actually in the ceded country . Under these cir- cumstances , Congress , on taking charge of ...
... condition by the ceding States that the Federal Government should not prohibit slavery in the ceded country . Besides this , slavery was then actually in the ceded country . Under these cir- cumstances , Congress , on taking charge of ...
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... condition of public affairs , declaring that while he had no right to make ag- gressive war upon any State , it was his right and his duty to " use military force defensively against those who resist the Federal officers in the ...
... condition of public affairs , declaring that while he had no right to make ag- gressive war upon any State , it was his right and his duty to " use military force defensively against those who resist the Federal officers in the ...
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