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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... whole tale was a fabrication . An almost instantaneous change seemed to have been wrought in the minds of his auditors , and the verdict of " not guilty " was at the end of every tongue . But the advocate was not content with this ...
... whole tale was a fabrication . An almost instantaneous change seemed to have been wrought in the minds of his auditors , and the verdict of " not guilty " was at the end of every tongue . But the advocate was not content with this ...
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... whole foundation of it , doubtless , was the fact which Mr. Lin- coln states , that , whenever the Democrats tried to get him " to vote that the war had been righteously begun , " he would not do it . He showed , in fact , on this point ...
... whole foundation of it , doubtless , was the fact which Mr. Lin- coln states , that , whenever the Democrats tried to get him " to vote that the war had been righteously begun , " he would not do it . He showed , in fact , on this point ...
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... whole country put on that career of prosperity which shall correspond with its extent of territory , its natural resources , and the intelligence and enterprise of its people . The nomination of General Taylor as the Whig candi- date ...
... whole country put on that career of prosperity which shall correspond with its extent of territory , its natural resources , and the intelligence and enterprise of its people . The nomination of General Taylor as the Whig candi- date ...
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... whole nation at that time . Their names , being familiar to nearly all , and accessible to quite all , need not now be repeated . I take these " thirty - nine , " for the present , as being our " fathers whe framed the Government under ...
... whole nation at that time . Their names , being familiar to nearly all , and accessible to quite all , need not now be repeated . I take these " thirty - nine , " for the present , as being our " fathers whe framed the Government under ...
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... whole " thirty - nine " -so acting upon it as to make them guilty of gross political impropriety and wilful perjury , if , in their understanding , any proper division between local and Federal authority , or any thing in the ...
... whole " thirty - nine " -so acting upon it as to make them guilty of gross political impropriety and wilful perjury , if , in their understanding , any proper division between local and Federal authority , or any thing in the ...
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