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... measures that came up , and for all the measures in any way favorable to the officers , soldiers , and their families , who conducted the war through : with the exception that some of these measures passed without yeas and nays ...
... measures that came up , and for all the measures in any way favorable to the officers , soldiers , and their families , who conducted the war through : with the exception that some of these measures passed without yeas and nays ...
Page 14
... measure which might have a tendency to accelerate that happy period . Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition . Whether it be true or not , I can say , for one , that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of ...
... measure which might have a tendency to accelerate that happy period . Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition . Whether it be true or not , I can say , for one , that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of ...
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... measure . Well , I too go for saving the Union . Much as I hate slavery , I would consent to the extension of it rather than see the Union dissolved , just as I would consent to any great evil to avoid a greater one . But when I go to ...
... measure . Well , I too go for saving the Union . Much as I hate slavery , I would consent to the extension of it rather than see the Union dissolved , just as I would consent to any great evil to avoid a greater one . But when I go to ...
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... measure for the extension of slavery , aggravated by a gross breach of faith . Argue as you will and long as you will , this is the naked front and aspect of the measure . And in this aspect it could not but produce agitation . Slavery ...
... measure for the extension of slavery , aggravated by a gross breach of faith . Argue as you will and long as you will , this is the naked front and aspect of the measure . And in this aspect it could not but produce agitation . Slavery ...
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... measures . 4. We are here to stand firmly for a principle -to stand firmly for a right . We know that great polit- ical and moral wrongs are done , and outrages com- mitted , and we denounce those wrongs and outrages , although we ...
... measures . 4. We are here to stand firmly for a principle -to stand firmly for a right . We know that great polit- ical and moral wrongs are done , and outrages com- mitted , and we denounce those wrongs and outrages , although we ...
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