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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... present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . " They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends ...
... present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . " They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends ...
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... present state of advancement . This was the third point gained . The working points of that machinery are : - First . That no negro slave , imported as such from Africa , and no descendant of such slave , can ever be a citizen of any ...
... present state of advancement . This was the third point gained . The working points of that machinery are : - First . That no negro slave , imported as such from Africa , and no descendant of such slave , can ever be a citizen of any ...
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... present during the delivery of Senator Douglas's speech , and on the next evening took occasion to reply to it before an immense assemblage , specially convened for that purpose . After a few intro- ductory remarks , Mr. Lincoln thus ...
... present during the delivery of Senator Douglas's speech , and on the next evening took occasion to reply to it before an immense assemblage , specially convened for that purpose . After a few intro- ductory remarks , Mr. Lincoln thus ...
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... so aimed . It is impossible to present here any thing more than the barest sketch of these great efforts of Mr. Lincoln . They are , and always will be , to those who are interested in the 62 THE LIFE , PUBLIC SERVICES , AND.
... so aimed . It is impossible to present here any thing more than the barest sketch of these great efforts of Mr. Lincoln . They are , and always will be , to those who are interested in the 62 THE LIFE , PUBLIC SERVICES , AND.
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... present limits . We don't suppose that in doing this we violate any thing due to the actual presence of the institution , or any thing due to the Constitutional guaranties thrown around it . We oppose the Dred Scott decision in a ...
... present limits . We don't suppose that in doing this we violate any thing due to the actual presence of the institution , or any thing due to the Constitutional guaranties thrown around it . We oppose the Dred Scott decision in a ...
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