The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and DeathIncludes added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by F.B. Carpenter. |
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... MISSOURI . - THE STATE ELECTIONS OF 1863 . General Fremont in Missouri . - The President's Letter to General Hunter.- Emancipation in Missouri . - Appointment of General Schofield . - The President and the Missouri Radicals . - The ...
... MISSOURI . - THE STATE ELECTIONS OF 1863 . General Fremont in Missouri . - The President's Letter to General Hunter.- Emancipation in Missouri . - Appointment of General Schofield . - The President and the Missouri Radicals . - The ...
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... Missouri Compromise which he had declared to be " a sacred thing , which no ruthless hand would ever be reckless enough to disturb . " The Nebraska Bill was passed May 22 , 1854 , and the event gave new and increased force to the ...
... Missouri Compromise which he had declared to be " a sacred thing , which no ruthless hand would ever be reckless enough to disturb . " The Nebraska Bill was passed May 22 , 1854 , and the event gave new and increased force to the ...
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... Missouri Compromise because he sustained the " great principle " of popular sovereignty , and de- sired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Nebraska should govern themselves , as they were well able to do . The fallacy of drawing from ...
... Missouri Compromise because he sustained the " great principle " of popular sovereignty , and de- sired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Nebraska should govern themselves , as they were well able to do . The fallacy of drawing from ...
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... Missouri Compromise to be unconstitu- tional , because the Constitution itself carried slavery all over the Territories of the United States . In spite of this decision , the friends of freedom in Kansas maintained their ground . The ...
... Missouri Compromise to be unconstitu- tional , because the Constitution itself carried slavery all over the Territories of the United States . In spite of this decision , the friends of freedom in Kansas maintained their ground . The ...
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... Missouri ; and both Nebraska bill and lawsuit were brought to a decision in the same month of May , 1854. The negro's name was " Dred Scott , " which name now designates the decision finally made in the case . Before the then next ...
... Missouri ; and both Nebraska bill and lawsuit were brought to a decision in the same month of May , 1854. The negro's name was " Dred Scott , " which name now designates the decision finally made in the case . Before the then next ...
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