The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... Kansas elections ; still , if Kansas fairly votes herself a slave State she must be admitted , or the Union must be dissolved . But how if she votes herself a slave State unfairly , that is , by the very means for which you say you ...
... Kansas elections ; still , if Kansas fairly votes herself a slave State she must be admitted , or the Union must be dissolved . But how if she votes herself a slave State unfairly , that is , by the very means for which you say you ...
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... Kansas will form a slave constitution , and with it will ask to be admitted into the Union , I take to be already a settled question , and so set- tled by the very means you so pointedly condemn . By every principle of law ever held by ...
... Kansas will form a slave constitution , and with it will ask to be admitted into the Union , I take to be already a settled question , and so set- tled by the very means you so pointedly condemn . By every principle of law ever held by ...
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... Kansas remains a Terri- tory , and when , by all these foul means , it seeks to come into the Union as a slave State , I shall oppose it . I am very loath in any case to withhold my assent to the enjoyment of property acquired or ...
... Kansas remains a Terri- tory , and when , by all these foul means , it seeks to come into the Union as a slave State , I shall oppose it . I am very loath in any case to withhold my assent to the enjoyment of property acquired or ...
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