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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... reasons for voting in opposition to the resolutions . This document , which now possesses historical interest , reads ... reason for entering this protest . 66 ' ( Signed ) " DAN STONE , " A. LINCOLN , Representatives from the County of ...
... reasons for voting in opposition to the resolutions . This document , which now possesses historical interest , reads ... reason for entering this protest . 66 ' ( Signed ) " DAN STONE , " A. LINCOLN , Representatives from the County of ...
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... reasons satisfactory to himself , he declined a renomination , although his re - election , had he consented to become a candidate , was morally certain . In this same year , how- ever , he was the Whig candidate in Illinois for United ...
... reasons satisfactory to himself , he declined a renomination , although his re - election , had he consented to become a candidate , was morally certain . In this same year , how- ever , he was the Whig candidate in Illinois for United ...
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... reason , run ahead , and infer that he will make any particular change , of which he himself has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague in- ference ? Now , as ever , I wish not to misrepresent Judge ...
... reason , run ahead , and infer that he will make any particular change , of which he himself has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague in- ference ? Now , as ever , I wish not to misrepresent Judge ...
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... reason of the Constitution they cannot prohibit it . When that is so , how much is left of this vast matter of Squatter Sovereignty , I should like to know ? The Lecompton Constitution and its fate were next dis cussed , and then Mr ...
... reason of the Constitution they cannot prohibit it . When that is so , how much is left of this vast matter of Squatter Sovereignty , I should like to know ? The Lecompton Constitution and its fate were next dis cussed , and then Mr ...
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... reason so to believe . The adoption of the Constitution and its attendant history led the people to believe so ; and that ' such was the belief of the framers of the Constitution itself , why did those old men , about the time of the ...
... reason so to believe . The adoption of the Constitution and its attendant history led the people to believe so ; and that ' such was the belief of the framers of the Constitution itself , why did those old men , about the time of the ...
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