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... sense of the people . The experience of the last forty years shows every man that law has no atom of strength , either in Boston or New Orleans , unless , and only so far as , public opinion indorses it , and that your life , goods ...
... sense of the people . The experience of the last forty years shows every man that law has no atom of strength , either in Boston or New Orleans , unless , and only so far as , public opinion indorses it , and that your life , goods ...
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... sense as that of wisdom and virtue . It only asserts that crime and ignorance have the same right to vote that virtue has . Only by allowing that right , and so appealing to their sense of justice , and throwing upon them the burden of ...
... sense as that of wisdom and virtue . It only asserts that crime and ignorance have the same right to vote that virtue has . Only by allowing that right , and so appealing to their sense of justice , and throwing upon them the burden of ...
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... sense suggest to us now ? If we sincerely desire to give to the Southern States good and honest government , material prosperity and measurable contentment , as far at least as we can contribute to that end ; if we really desire to ...
... sense suggest to us now ? If we sincerely desire to give to the Southern States good and honest government , material prosperity and measurable contentment , as far at least as we can contribute to that end ; if we really desire to ...
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Lincolns First Inaugural | 21 |
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