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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... Slavery and Confiscation . - The Defeat at Bull Run . - Treatment of the Slavery Question . - General Fre- mont and the President . - The Trent Affair .... Page 196 CHAPTER VIII . THE REGULAR SESSION OF CONGRESS , DECEMBER , 1861. - THE ...
... Slavery and Confiscation . - The Defeat at Bull Run . - Treatment of the Slavery Question . - General Fre- mont and the President . - The Trent Affair .... Page 196 CHAPTER VIII . THE REGULAR SESSION OF CONGRESS , DECEMBER , 1861. - THE ...
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... slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . 36 They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad ...
... slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . 36 They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad ...
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... slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave - trade . On the question of abolishing slavery in the District , he took rather a prominent part . A Mr. Gott had in- troduced a resolution directing the proper committee to ...
... slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave - trade . On the question of abolishing slavery in the District , he took rather a prominent part . A Mr. Gott had in- troduced a resolution directing the proper committee to ...
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... slaves as their owners desire to emancipate under this section , and whose duty it shall be to hold a session for ... slavery , had not yet come . The question of the Territories also came up in many ways . The Wilmot Proviso had made ...
... slaves as their owners desire to emancipate under this section , and whose duty it shall be to hold a session for ... slavery , had not yet come . The question of the Territories also came up in many ways . The Wilmot Proviso had made ...
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... slavery there , was most clearly and conclusively exposed by Mr. Lincoln , so that no one could thereafter be misled by it , unless he was a willing dupe of pro - slavery sophistry . " My distinguished friend , " said he , " says it is ...
... slavery there , was most clearly and conclusively exposed by Mr. Lincoln , so that no one could thereafter be misled by it , unless he was a willing dupe of pro - slavery sophistry . " My distinguished friend , " said he , " says it is ...
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