The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, with a Portrait on Steel |
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Page 44
... nations of the earth : Therefore , " Resolved , That the Committee for the District of Columbia be instructed to report a bill , as soon as prac- ticable , prohibiting the slave trade in said District . " The resolution having been read ...
... nations of the earth : Therefore , " Resolved , That the Committee for the District of Columbia be instructed to report a bill , as soon as prac- ticable , prohibiting the slave trade in said District . " The resolution having been read ...
Page 48
... nation ; with all our boasted adherence to liberty , on this subject we are three quarters of a century behind our mother- country .. " When Sir Warren Hastings was on trial in the House of Peers , in 1787 , Mr. Sheridan , speaking on ...
... nation ; with all our boasted adherence to liberty , on this subject we are three quarters of a century behind our mother- country .. " When Sir Warren Hastings was on trial in the House of Peers , in 1787 , Mr. Sheridan , speaking on ...
Page 73
... nations of the earth , so far as it can be done consistently with our national honor and interest , and to enter into entang- ling alliances with none . Our intercourse with other nations should be conducted upon principles of exact and ...
... nations of the earth , so far as it can be done consistently with our national honor and interest , and to enter into entang- ling alliances with none . Our intercourse with other nations should be conducted upon principles of exact and ...
Page 121
... nation during the last four years has fully established the propriety and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the Repablican party , and that the causes which called it into existence are permanent in their nature , and ...
... nation during the last four years has fully established the propriety and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the Repablican party , and that the causes which called it into existence are permanent in their nature , and ...
Page 124
... nation commercial prosperity and independence . " Thirteenth That we protest against any sale or alienation to others of the public lands held by actual settlers , and against any view of the free homestead policy which regards the ...
... nation commercial prosperity and independence . " Thirteenth That we protest against any sale or alienation to others of the public lands held by actual settlers , and against any view of the free homestead policy which regards the ...
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