Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath SchoolWestern Tract and Book Society, 1869 - 200 pages |
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Page 63
... freedom , and captured in Mr. Lincoln's district , or in the vicinity . But such was the terror which the epithet " Ab- olitionist " or " nigger thief " inspired that most lawyers were unwilling to incur the odium of defending them ...
... freedom , and captured in Mr. Lincoln's district , or in the vicinity . But such was the terror which the epithet " Ab- olitionist " or " nigger thief " inspired that most lawyers were unwilling to incur the odium of defending them ...
Page 69
... freedom of speech and of the press abridged , the minds of the people poisoned with disloyalty and treason , and finally the boundaries and authority of the system de- clared to be coëxtensive and coëqual with those of the free Republic ...
... freedom of speech and of the press abridged , the minds of the people poisoned with disloyalty and treason , and finally the boundaries and authority of the system de- clared to be coëxtensive and coëqual with those of the free Republic ...
Page 71
... freedom put Mr. Lincoln forth , as the ablest man in their ranks , to grap- ple with this champion of the slave power . He accepted the task with alacrity . To deal un- sparing blows upon oppression , injustice , and cruelty , and to ...
... freedom put Mr. Lincoln forth , as the ablest man in their ranks , to grap- ple with this champion of the slave power . He accepted the task with alacrity . To deal un- sparing blows upon oppression , injustice , and cruelty , and to ...
Page 80
... freedom . He was recognized as the most accomplished and capable statesman in the Republican ranks ; his friends were , therefore , numerous and confident of the result . On the first ballot he had nearly double the number of votes that ...
... freedom . He was recognized as the most accomplished and capable statesman in the Republican ranks ; his friends were , therefore , numerous and confident of the result . On the first ballot he had nearly double the number of votes that ...
Page 82
... freedom in the territories , for freedom every - where , as far as the Constitution and laws will permit , and that my opponents are for slavery . They know this , and yet , with this book in their hands , in the light of which human ...
... freedom in the territories , for freedom every - where , as far as the Constitution and laws will permit , and that my opponents are for slavery . They know this , and yet , with this book in their hands , in the light of which human ...
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