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... position Lincoln held with the iron grip of a railsplitter . On the sixth of November , even the most ignorant Irish immigrant who was voted illegally by some political group could hardly have escaped knowing that the times were not ...
... position Lincoln held with the iron grip of a railsplitter . On the sixth of November , even the most ignorant Irish immigrant who was voted illegally by some political group could hardly have escaped knowing that the times were not ...
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... position was discussed but I said then that I thought I could serve our cause and sustain his administration best in the Senate , where as a matter of choice , I should prefer to remain— and I think he saw some force in what I said ...
... position was discussed but I said then that I thought I could serve our cause and sustain his administration best in the Senate , where as a matter of choice , I should prefer to remain— and I think he saw some force in what I said ...
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... position . He cooly tells the country that Mr. Lincoln's " antecedents are calculated to excite the fears of South Carolina ; " but he thinks " It should not be presumed in advance that he will fail to execute the fugitive slave law ...
... position . He cooly tells the country that Mr. Lincoln's " antecedents are calculated to excite the fears of South Carolina ; " but he thinks " It should not be presumed in advance that he will fail to execute the fugitive slave law ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
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