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 44
... 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 these premises the conclusion that they therefore should have the ...
... 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 these premises the conclusion that they therefore should have the ...
Page 51
... Popular Sovereignty " ` would be thoroughly examined , for the reputation of the two combatants as men of extraordinary ability was es- tablished . It was the universal expectation that each aspirant for senatorial honors would display ...
... Popular Sovereignty " ` would be thoroughly examined , for the reputation of the two combatants as men of extraordinary ability was es- tablished . It was the universal expectation that each aspirant for senatorial honors would display ...
Page 53
... sovereignty , " and " sacred right of self - gov- ernment . " " But , " said opposition members , " let us amend the ... popular majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes , and so , perhaps , was not overwhelmingly reliable and ...
... sovereignty , " and " sacred right of self - gov- ernment . " " But , " said opposition members , " let us amend the ... popular majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes , and so , perhaps , was not overwhelmingly reliable and ...
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... 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 59
... popular sovereignty . What is it ? Why , it is the sovereignty of the people ! What was Squatter Sovereignty ? I suppose , if it had any sig- nificance at all , it was the right of the people to govern themselves , to be sovereign in ...
... popular sovereignty . What is it ? Why , it is the sovereignty of the people ! What was Squatter Sovereignty ? I suppose , if it had any sig- nificance at all , it was the right of the people to govern themselves , to be sovereign in ...
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