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... letter itself to the reporter . It is a positive fact [ said the Herald ] that Mr. Lincoln , in a letter to Senator Cameron , informed him that he should send his ( Cameron's ) name to the Senate on the 4th of March next for a place in ...
... letter itself to the reporter . It is a positive fact [ said the Herald ] that Mr. Lincoln , in a letter to Senator Cameron , informed him that he should send his ( Cameron's ) name to the Senate on the 4th of March next for a place in ...
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... letter to Cam- eron , conspicuously marked " private and confidential . " The President Elect sent , according to Sanderson's suggestions , a new letter dated January 3 , which Cameron might show in place of the real withdrawal letter ...
... letter to Cam- eron , conspicuously marked " private and confidential . " The President Elect sent , according to Sanderson's suggestions , a new letter dated January 3 , which Cameron might show in place of the real withdrawal letter ...
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... letter only on condition that six Senators from six states of the lower South sign a subjoined proposition : 1 We recommend to the people of the States we represent respectively , to suspend all action for dismemberment of the Union ...
... letter only on condition that six Senators from six states of the lower South sign a subjoined proposition : 1 We recommend to the people of the States we represent respectively , to suspend all action for dismemberment of the Union ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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