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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Page 26
... hundred and seventy - seven votes out of two hundred and eighty - four cast ; and this , be it remembered , was the first and last time that he was ever beaten before the people . The contest ended , Mr. Lincoln settled down to business ...
... hundred and seventy - seven votes out of two hundred and eighty - four cast ; and this , be it remembered , was the first and last time that he was ever beaten before the people . The contest ended , Mr. Lincoln settled down to business ...
Page 33
... hundred and fourteen votes , he astonished himself and his friends by rolling up a major- ity of fifteen hundred and eleven . To add to the signifi- cance of his triumph , he was the only Whig representative from Illinois , which had ...
... hundred and fourteen votes , he astonished himself and his friends by rolling up a major- ity of fifteen hundred and eleven . To add to the signifi- cance of his triumph , he was the only Whig representative from Illinois , which had ...
Page 48
... hundred different men , and they scattered to a hundred different and distant places ; and they stand musing as to what invention , in all the dominions of mind and matter , can be produced to make the impossibility of his escape more ...
... hundred different men , and they scattered to a hundred different and distant places ; and they stand musing as to what invention , in all the dominions of mind and matter , can be produced to make the impossibility of his escape more ...
Page 61
... hundred times , at least as good as a hundred times ; and when it is said that I am in favor of interfering with slavery where it exists , I know it is unwarranted by any thing I have ever intended , and , as I believe , by any thing I ...
... hundred times , at least as good as a hundred times ; and when it is said that I am in favor of interfering with slavery where it exists , I know it is unwarranted by any thing I have ever intended , and , as I believe , by any thing I ...
Page 76
... hundred and forty - four votes over Mr. Douglas ; but the State legislature was the tribunal that was to pass finally upon it ; and there , fortunately for the country , as the future showed , but unfortunately for Mr. Lincoln at that ...
... hundred and forty - four votes over Mr. Douglas ; but the State legislature was the tribunal that was to pass finally upon it ; and there , fortunately for the country , as the future showed , but unfortunately for Mr. Lincoln at that ...
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