Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Volume 1Century Company, 1902 - United States |
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Page 241
... sovereignty " and " sacred right of self - government . " " But , " said opposition members , " let us amend the ... popular majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes , and so , perhaps , was not over- whelmingly reliable and ...
... sovereignty " and " sacred right of self - government . " " But , " said opposition members , " let us amend the ... popular majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes , and so , perhaps , was not over- whelmingly reliable and ...
Page 248
... Popular sovereignty ! everlasting popular sovereignty ! Let us for a moment inquire into this vast matter of popular sovereignty . What is popular sovereignty ? We recollect that at an early period in the history of this struggle ...
... Popular sovereignty ! everlasting popular sovereignty ! Let us for a moment inquire into this vast matter of popular sovereignty . What is popular sovereignty ? We recollect that at an early period in the history of this struggle ...
Page 249
... popular sov- ereignty . What is it ? Why , it is the sovereignty of the people ! What was squatter sovereignty ? I suppose if it had any signifi- cance at all , it was the right of the people to govern themselves , to be sovereign in ...
... popular sov- ereignty . What is it ? Why , it is the sovereignty of the people ! What was squatter sovereignty ? I suppose if it had any signifi- cance at all , it was the right of the people to govern themselves , to be sovereign in ...
Page 250
... popular sovereignty . Again , when we get to the question of the right of the people to form a State constitution as they please , to form it with slavery or without slavery — if that is anything new , I confess I don't know it . Has ...
... popular sovereignty . Again , when we get to the question of the right of the people to form a State constitution as they please , to form it with slavery or without slavery — if that is anything new , I confess I don't know it . Has ...
Page 251
... popular sovereignty and the Lecompton constitution . The Lecompton constitution , as the judge tells us , was defeated . The defeat of it was a good thing , or it was not . He thinks the defeat of it was a good thing , and so do I ...
... popular sovereignty and the Lecompton constitution . The Lecompton constitution , as the judge tells us , was defeated . The defeat of it was a good thing , or it was not . He thinks the defeat of it was a good thing , and so do I ...
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