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Page 25
... party lines were breaking down , and Lincoln , with other liberals , was turning to new allegiances . In November , 1854 , a month after the Peoria speech , he was elected to the General Assembly of Illinois from Sangamon County as a Whig ...
... party lines were breaking down , and Lincoln , with other liberals , was turning to new allegiances . In November , 1854 , a month after the Peoria speech , he was elected to the General Assembly of Illinois from Sangamon County as a Whig ...
Page 42
... Whig Party has never said and those who oppose the Nebraska bill do not as a body say , 1 Laws passed with the support of citizens of Missouri , known as " border ruffians , " who fraudulently voted in Kansas elections in support of the ...
... Whig Party has never said and those who oppose the Nebraska bill do not as a body say , 1 Laws passed with the support of citizens of Missouri , known as " border ruffians , " who fraudulently voted in Kansas elections in support of the ...
Page 61
... party . B. That Douglas had forged a campaign document . C. That Douglas had conspired to secure pro - slavery ... Whig and Democratic parties . Both were national and patriotic , advocating principles that were universal in their application ...
... party . B. That Douglas had forged a campaign document . C. That Douglas had conspired to secure pro - slavery ... Whig and Democratic parties . Both were national and patriotic , advocating principles that were universal in their application ...
Page 62
... party , which , from the days of Jefferson until this period , has proven itself to be the historic party of this nation . While the Whig and Democratic parties differed in regard to a bank , the tariff , distribution , the specie ...
... party , which , from the days of Jefferson until this period , has proven itself to be the historic party of this nation . While the Whig and Democratic parties differed in regard to a bank , the tariff , distribution , the specie ...
Page 63
... Whig party and the Democratic party in Illinois in 1851 , and indorsed by the Whig party and the Democratic party in national convention in 1852. In order that there might be no misunderstanding in relation to the principle involved in ...
... Whig party and the Democratic party in Illinois in 1851 , and indorsed by the Whig party and the Democratic party in national convention in 1852. In order that there might be no misunderstanding in relation to the principle involved in ...
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