Selected American Speeches on Basic Issues, 1850-1950Carl G. Brandt, Edward Merl Shafter Essay precedes each speech. |
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... tion , during so long a period , is satisfactorily accounted for , by the number of emigrants , and the increase of their descendants , which have been attracted to the Northern section from Europe and the South , in consequence of the ...
... tion , during so long a period , is satisfactorily accounted for , by the number of emigrants , and the increase of their descendants , which have been attracted to the Northern section from Europe and the South , in consequence of the ...
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... tion then was , how to deal with it , and how to deal with it as an evil . They came to this general result . They thought that slavery could not be continued in the country if the importation of slaves were made to cease , and ...
... tion then was , how to deal with it , and how to deal with it as an evil . They came to this general result . They thought that slavery could not be continued in the country if the importation of slaves were made to cease , and ...
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... tion to the State then in existence and admitted at that time by these resoluions , and that such States as are formed out of that por- tion of Texas lying south of 36 ° 30 ′ may come in as slave States . I know no form of legislation ...
... tion to the State then in existence and admitted at that time by these resoluions , and that such States as are formed out of that por- tion of Texas lying south of 36 ° 30 ′ may come in as slave States . I know no form of legislation ...
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