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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... secure , his earnest wishes were at length over- ruled by the as earnest demands of that party with the success of which he firmly believed his country's best interests iden- Elected to Congress . A Whig throughout . Mexican War 18 LIFE ...
... secure , his earnest wishes were at length over- ruled by the as earnest demands of that party with the success of which he firmly believed his country's best interests iden- Elected to Congress . A Whig throughout . Mexican War 18 LIFE ...
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... secure the election of General Taylor , delivering several effective campaign speeches in New England and the West . At the second session of the Thirtieth Congress , he voted in favor of laying upon the table a resolution instructing ...
... secure the election of General Taylor , delivering several effective campaign speeches in New England and the West . At the second session of the Thirtieth Congress , he voted in favor of laying upon the table a resolution instructing ...
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... secure , and admitted throughout the land . During the year ensuing he again devoted himself almost exclusively to professional labors , delivering , however , in the campaign of 1859 , at the earnest solicitation of the Repub- licans ...
... secure , and admitted throughout the land . During the year ensuing he again devoted himself almost exclusively to professional labors , delivering , however , in the campaign of 1859 , at the earnest solicitation of the Repub- licans ...
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... secure the coveted distinction of a citizen soldier . An early movement upon the rebel army in Virginia was contemplated , and it was confidently anticipated that to advance was to put the enemies of the Government to flight . CHAPTER ...
... secure the coveted distinction of a citizen soldier . An early movement upon the rebel army in Virginia was contemplated , and it was confidently anticipated that to advance was to put the enemies of the Government to flight . CHAPTER ...
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... secure the acquiescence of the nation — taken in connection with the position assumed by the British Govern- . ment in every way unpalatable to the mass of the people— seemed likely to entangle us in foreign complications exceed- ingly ...
... secure the acquiescence of the nation — taken in connection with the position assumed by the British Govern- . ment in every way unpalatable to the mass of the people— seemed likely to entangle us in foreign complications exceed- ingly ...
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