A House Dividing: Lincoln as President Elect |
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... position and conduct dur- ing his four months as President Elect . He fully expected , and with good reason , that the sixth of November would bring him for the first time into a position of national responsibility . For- merly he had ...
... position and conduct dur- ing his four months as President Elect . He fully expected , and with good reason , that the sixth of November would bring him for the first time into a position of national responsibility . For- merly he had ...
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... position of Mr. Lincoln , his party organs are republishing ex- tracts from his Illinois campaign speeches of two years ago . But they do not meet the necessities of the case . What we want is a letter or a speech from Mr. Lincoln now ...
... position of Mr. Lincoln , his party organs are republishing ex- tracts from his Illinois campaign speeches of two years ago . But they do not meet the necessities of the case . What we want is a letter or a speech from Mr. Lincoln now ...
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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 |
Copyright | |
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