Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... , dress , and expression - tall , lank , and by no means prepossessing - he was first elected to the Legislature of his adopted State , Acquaintance with Douglas . His views of Slavery in 1836 16 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... , dress , and expression - tall , lank , and by no means prepossessing - he was first elected to the Legislature of his adopted State , Acquaintance with Douglas . His views of Slavery in 1836 16 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision . Why was the court decision held up ? Why even a Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presi- dential election ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking ...
... adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision . Why was the court decision held up ? Why even a Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presi- dential election ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking ...
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... adopt it as a text for this dis- I so adopt it because it furnishes a precise and agreed starting point for the discussion between Republicans and that wing of Democracy headed by Senator Douglas . It simply leaves the inquiry : What ...
... adopt it as a text for this dis- I so adopt it because it furnishes a precise and agreed starting point for the discussion between Republicans and that wing of Democracy headed by Senator Douglas . It simply leaves the inquiry : What ...
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... adoption of the original Consti- tution , North Carolina ceded to the Federal Government the country now constituting the State of Tennessee ; and a few years later Georgia ceded that which now constitutes the States of Mississippi and ...
... adoption of the original Consti- tution , North Carolina ceded to the Federal Government the country now constituting the State of Tennessee ; and a few years later Georgia ceded that which now constitutes the States of Mississippi and ...
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... adopted since . Those who now insist that Federal control of slavery in Federal territories violates the Constitution , point us to the provisions which they suppose it thus violates ; and , as I understand , they all fix upon ...
... adopted since . Those who now insist that Federal control of slavery in Federal territories violates the Constitution , point us to the provisions which they suppose it thus violates ; and , as I understand , they all fix upon ...
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