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" ... a specious and fantastic arrangement of words, by which a man can prove a horse-chestnut to be a chestnut horse. I will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in... "
The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln: With a Portrait on ... - Page 252
by David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 354 pages
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 181

Literature - 1889 - 864 pages
...the Republic by half-adozen lines of proclamation. The president, in his inaugural address, said : " I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it now exists ; I believe that I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volume 1

1864 - 492 pages
...reasonable ground for such an apprehension. I quote one of my former speeches, in which I declared that ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in states where it exists.' I believe I have no lawful right, as I have no inclination^ to do so. Those...
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Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas ...

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...his idea of perfect social and political equality with the negro, is but a specious and fantastical arrangement of words by which a man can prove a horse-chestnut...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution in the States where it exists. I believe I have no right to do so. I have no inclination to do so....
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Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas ...

Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1860 - 280 pages
...thing that argues me into his idea of perfect social and political equality with the negro, is but a specious and fantastic arrangement of words, by...can prove a horse-chestnut to be a chestnut horse. 1 will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere...
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The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln: With a Portrait on ...

David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...argues me into his idea of perfect social and political equality with the negro, is but a spc-cious and fantastic arrangement of words, by which a man can prove a horse-chestnut to be a chestnut-horse. I will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly,...
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Das Staatsarchiv: Sammlung der officiellen Actenstücke zur ..., Volume 1

Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...public speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the instifution of slavery in the Slates where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and...
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The Rebellion in the United States: Or, The War of 1861; Being a ..., Volume 1

United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it now exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination...
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The Massachusetts register. Serial no., 94

Massachusetts register - 1862 - 496 pages
...elements of the day. We will state his most important positions. His Position. He said, at the outset, " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists," and affirmed the right of each State to control its own domestic institutions...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 3

Frank Moore - United States - 1862 - 830 pages
...and Madison, through a longperiod of the country's early history. Mr. Lincoln declares that " he has no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery where it exists." The votes and resolutions in the convention that formed the Chicago Platform expressly...
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Mass Convention of the Democracy and Conservative Citizens of Indiana, Held ...

Indiana. Citizens - Indiana - 1862 - 40 pages
...which I liave referred, but also bis own deliberate announcement in his inaugural address, that he had "no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists" — that he believed lie had "no lawful right to do so," and that he...
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