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... Democratic errors on this subject, as Mr. Lincoln succinctly stated them, were as follows: "That internal improvements ought not to be made by the General Government: "1. Because they would overwhelm the Treasury. "2. Because, while ...
... Democratic errors on this subject, as Mr. Lincoln succinctly stated them, were as follows: "That internal improvements ought not to be made by the General Government: "1. Because they would overwhelm the Treasury. "2. Because, while ...
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... Democracy have cherished the memory of the Whig party, and gone about the stump, clad in moral sackcloth and craped ... Democrats in the Republican ranks are earnestly persuaded that in former times they CHAPTER VII.
... Democracy have cherished the memory of the Whig party, and gone about the stump, clad in moral sackcloth and craped ... Democrats in the Republican ranks are earnestly persuaded that in former times they CHAPTER VII.
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... Democrat. But as every Republican is a code of by-laws unto himselfsubject only to the Chicago platform-perhaps we may venture to reverently speak of the shade which still, it is said, revisits the glimpses of Boston; and to recount the ...
... Democrat. But as every Republican is a code of by-laws unto himselfsubject only to the Chicago platform-perhaps we may venture to reverently speak of the shade which still, it is said, revisits the glimpses of Boston; and to recount the ...
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... Democracy. Those members of both the old parties, who were particularly sensible to the attractions of office, those whom no pro-slavery aggression could render superior to the luxury of a feeble or selfish acquiescence, also coalesced ...
... Democracy. Those members of both the old parties, who were particularly sensible to the attractions of office, those whom no pro-slavery aggression could render superior to the luxury of a feeble or selfish acquiescence, also coalesced ...
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... Democratic measure then, I believe; At any rate, General Cass scolded honest John Davis, of Massachusetts, soundly, for talking away the last hours of the session, so that he (Cass) couldn't crowd it through. A propos of General Cass ...
... Democratic measure then, I believe; At any rate, General Cass scolded honest John Davis, of Massachusetts, soundly, for talking away the last hours of the session, so that he (Cass) couldn't crowd it through. A propos of General Cass ...
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