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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... position might not be misunderstood , Mr. Lincoln took advantage of his parliamentary privi- lege to enter upon the Journal of the House , in connec- tion with a colleague , his reasons for voting in opposition to the resolutions . This ...
... position might not be misunderstood , Mr. Lincoln took advantage of his parliamentary privi- lege to enter upon the Journal of the House , in connec- tion with a colleague , his reasons for voting in opposition to the resolutions . This ...
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... position of the Administration before the people , in reference to the beginning of the war , was in the point , which they lost no opportunity of reiter- ating , viz . that Mexico had shed the blood of our citizens on our own soil ...
... position of the Administration before the people , in reference to the beginning of the war , was in the point , which they lost no opportunity of reiter- ating , viz . that Mexico had shed the blood of our citizens on our own soil ...
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... position taken by General Cass upon this important question , and , in concluding his remarks , thus stated his own views , while he dealt a severe blow at the same pseudo chivalric spirit of the South , which he has since been chiefly ...
... position taken by General Cass upon this important question , and , in concluding his remarks , thus stated his own views , while he dealt a severe blow at the same pseudo chivalric spirit of the South , which he has since been chiefly ...
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... position in full , for the benefit of his constituents . The only speech of any length made by Mr. Lincoln , subsequent to that from which we have already quoted , was delivered July 27th , when he defended , with characteristic ...
... position in full , for the benefit of his constituents . The only speech of any length made by Mr. Lincoln , subsequent to that from which we have already quoted , was delivered July 27th , when he defended , with characteristic ...
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... position in one of the show- cases in the large hall of the Patent Office , is one little model which , in ages to come , will be prized as at once one of the most curious and one of the most sacred relics in that vast museum of unique ...
... position in one of the show- cases in the large hall of the Patent Office , is one little model which , in ages to come , will be prized as at once one of the most curious and one of the most sacred relics in that vast museum of unique ...
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