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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... matter to transport vessels over shoals and snags and sawyers . The main idea is that of an apparatus resembling a noiseless bellows , placed on each side of the hull of the craft , just below the water- line , and worked by an odd but ...
... matter to transport vessels over shoals and snags and sawyers . The main idea is that of an apparatus resembling a noiseless bellows , placed on each side of the hull of the craft , just below the water- line , and worked by an odd but ...
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... matter a breach of faith on the part of Judge Trumbull , and that Mr. Lincoln had the right to feel , and did feel , aggrieved at the result . Mr. Lincoln himself , however , expressly denied , in his speech at Charleston , September 18 ...
... matter a breach of faith on the part of Judge Trumbull , and that Mr. Lincoln had the right to feel , and did feel , aggrieved at the result . Mr. Lincoln himself , however , expressly denied , in his speech at Charleston , September 18 ...
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... matter of popular sovereignty . What is popular sovereignty ? We recollect that at an early period in the history of this struggle , there was another name for the same thing - Squatter Sovereignty . It was not exactly Popular ...
... matter of popular sovereignty . What is popular sovereignty ? We recollect that at an early period in the history of this struggle , there was another name for the same thing - Squatter Sovereignty . It was not exactly Popular ...
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... matter of popular sovereignty . What is it ? Why , it is the sovereignty of the people ! What was Squatter Sovereignty ? I suppose , if it had any sig- nificance at all , it was the right of the people to govern themselves , to be ...
... matter of popular sovereignty . What is it ? Why , it is the sovereignty of the people ! What was Squatter Sovereignty ? I suppose , if it had any sig- nificance at all , it was the right of the people to govern themselves , to be ...
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... matter of absolute certainty that it is a disturbing element . It is the opinion of all the great men who have expressed an opinion upon it , that it is a dan- gerous element . We keep up a controversy in regard to it . That contro ...
... matter of absolute certainty that it is a disturbing element . It is the opinion of all the great men who have expressed an opinion upon it , that it is a dan- gerous element . We keep up a controversy in regard to it . That contro ...
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