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 27
... opinion of your veracity will not permit me , for a moment , to doubt that you , at least , believed what you said . I am flattered with the personal regard you manifested for me ; but I do hope that , on more mature reflection , you ...
... opinion of your veracity will not permit me , for a moment , to doubt that you , at least , believed what you said . I am flattered with the personal regard you manifested for me ; but I do hope that , on more mature reflection , you ...
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... . Whether the military force of the United States was or was not so sent into that settlement after General Taylor had more than once intimated to the War Department that , in his opinion STATE PAPERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 35.
... . Whether the military force of the United States was or was not so sent into that settlement after General Taylor had more than once intimated to the War Department that , in his opinion STATE PAPERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 35.
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... opinion , no such movement . was necessary to the defence or protection of Texas . These resolutions , which Mr. Polk would have found it very inconvenient to answer , were laid over , under the rule , and were never acted upon ...
... opinion , no such movement . was necessary to the defence or protection of Texas . These resolutions , which Mr. Polk would have found it very inconvenient to answer , were laid over , under the rule , and were never acted upon ...
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... opinion , it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed . " A house divided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union ...
... opinion , it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed . " A house divided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union ...
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... opinion whether the people of a Territory can constitutionally exclude slavery from their limits ; and the latter answers : " That is a question for the Supreme Court . " The election came . Mr. Buchanan was elected , and the ...
... opinion whether the people of a Territory can constitutionally exclude slavery from their limits ; and the latter answers : " That is a question for the Supreme Court . " The election came . Mr. Buchanan was elected , and the ...
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