Letters and Addresses of Abraham LincolnUnit Book Publishing Company, 1903 - 389 pages |
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Page 96
... Dred Scott decision . That decision de- clares two propositions - first , that a negro cannot sue in the United States courts ; and secondly , that Congress can- not prohibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court ...
... Dred Scott decision . That decision de- clares two propositions - first , that a negro cannot sue in the United States courts ; and secondly , that Congress can- not prohibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court ...
Page 99
... Dred Scott decision . He finds the Republicans insisting that the Dec- laration of Independence includes all men , black as well as white , and forthwith he boldly denies that it includes negroes at all , and proceeds to argue gravely ...
... Dred Scott decision . He finds the Republicans insisting that the Dec- laration of Independence includes all men , black as well as white , and forthwith he boldly denies that it includes negroes at all , and proceeds to argue gravely ...
Page 110
... Dred Scott decision , for holding that the Declaration of Independence did not mean anything at all , we have Judge Douglas giving his exposition of what the Declaration of Independence means , and we have him saying that the people of ...
... Dred Scott decision , for holding that the Declaration of Independence did not mean anything at all , we have Judge Douglas giving his exposition of what the Declaration of Independence means , and we have him saying that the people of ...
Page 116
... Dred Scott decision , which he in- dorses in advance , to make slavery alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new , North as well as South . [ From Lincoln's opening speech in the second joint debate , Freeport , Illinois , 27 ...
... Dred Scott decision , which he in- dorses in advance , to make slavery alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new , North as well as South . [ From Lincoln's opening speech in the second joint debate , Freeport , Illinois , 27 ...
Page 123
... Dred Scott decision decides that they have not that power . If the State of Illinois had that power , I should be opposed to the exercise of it . That is all I have to say about it . [ Note for a speech , written about 1 October 1858 ...
... Dred Scott decision decides that they have not that power . If the State of Illinois had that power , I should be opposed to the exercise of it . That is all I have to say about it . [ Note for a speech , written about 1 October 1858 ...
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