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... wrong, a party of Chippewa Indians fired upon a keel-boat conveying stores to Fort Snelling. Through mistake or injustice, Black Hawk was arrested for this, and lay imprisoned a whole year before he could be brought to trial and ...
... wrong, a party of Chippewa Indians fired upon a keel-boat conveying stores to Fort Snelling. Through mistake or injustice, Black Hawk was arrested for this, and lay imprisoned a whole year before he could be brought to trial and ...
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... wrong and injustice. "You are not strictly in the right," he said to a person who once wished him to bring a certain suit, and who now tells the story with profound admiration. "II might give the other parties considerable trouble, and ...
... wrong and injustice. "You are not strictly in the right," he said to a person who once wished him to bring a certain suit, and who now tells the story with profound admiration. "II might give the other parties considerable trouble, and ...
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... wrong," and many looked forward earnestly and anxiously to a conclusion of hostilities. The elections of Congressmen had taken place, and in the Thirtieth Congress, which assembled on the 6th of December, 1847, the people, by a majority ...
... wrong," and many looked forward earnestly and anxiously to a conclusion of hostilities. The elections of Congressmen had taken place, and in the Thirtieth Congress, which assembled on the 6th of December, 1847, the people, by a majority ...
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... wrong." He then proceeded to assail each of the positions, demolishing them one after another. That admirable simplicity of diction which dashes straight at the heart of a subject, and that singular good sense which teaches a man to ...
... wrong." He then proceeded to assail each of the positions, demolishing them one after another. That admirable simplicity of diction which dashes straight at the heart of a subject, and that singular good sense which teaches a man to ...
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... He thought the Mexican war wrong. He opposed it with his whole heart and strength. He thought the Wilmot Proviso right, and he says he "had the pleasure of voting for it, in one way or another, about forty times." Mr. Lincoln was one.
... He thought the Mexican war wrong. He opposed it with his whole heart and strength. He thought the Wilmot Proviso right, and he says he "had the pleasure of voting for it, in one way or another, about forty times." Mr. Lincoln was one.
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OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 20 1848 | |
REPRESENTATIVES HALL SPRINGFIELD ILL JUNE | |
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LIVES & SPEECHES OF ABRAHAM LI William Dean 1837-1920 Howells,John Lord 1812-1887 Hayes,Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln No preview available - 2016 |
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