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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... present enough to make a connected whole . His Congressional career , and his campaign with Senator Douglas are presented in outline , yet so , it is believed , that a clear idea of these incidents in his life can be obtained . After ...
... present enough to make a connected whole . His Congressional career , and his campaign with Senator Douglas are presented in outline , yet so , it is believed , that a clear idea of these incidents in his life can be obtained . After ...
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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 . The working points of that machinery are : " First , That no negro slave , imported as such from Africa , and no descendant of such , can ever be a citizen of any State , 1 Points of the Dred Scott ...
... present state of advancement . The working points of that machinery are : " First , That no negro slave , imported as such from Africa , and no descendant of such , can ever be a citizen of any State , 1 Points of the Dred Scott ...
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... present political dynasty shall be met and overthrown . We shall lie down pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri are on the verge of making their State free ; and we shall awake to the reality , instead , that the Supreme Court ...
... present political dynasty shall be met and overthrown . We shall lie down pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri are on the verge of making their State free ; and we shall awake to the reality , instead , that the Supreme Court ...
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... present Government first went into operation ) , and twelve subsequently framed amendments , the first ten of which were framed in 1789 . " " Who were our fathers that framed the Constitution ? I suppose the thirty - nine ' who signed ...
... present Government first went into operation ) , and twelve subsequently framed amendments , the first ten of which were framed in 1789 . " " Who were our fathers that framed the Constitution ? I suppose the thirty - nine ' who signed ...
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