Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois: Including the Preceding Speeches of Each, at Chicago, Springfield, Etc. : Also, the Two Great Speeches of Mr. Lincoln in Ohio, in 1859, as Carefully Prepared by the Reporters of Each Party, and Published at the Times of Their Delivery |
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... slaveholding State upon an unwilling people . I deny their right to force a free State upon an unwilling peo- ple . I deny their right to force a good thing upon a people who are unwilling to receive it . The great principle is the ...
... slaveholding State upon an unwilling people . I deny their right to force a free State upon an unwilling peo- ple . I deny their right to force a good thing upon a people who are unwilling to receive it . The great principle is the ...
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... slaveholding States in this Union , and to persevere in that war until it shall be extermina- ted . He then notifies the slaveholding States to stand together as a unit and make an aggressive war upon the free States of this Union with ...
... slaveholding States in this Union , and to persevere in that war until it shall be extermina- ted . He then notifies the slaveholding States to stand together as a unit and make an aggressive war upon the free States of this Union with ...
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... slaveholding State , you shall be admitted with 35,000 inhabitants , but if you insist on being a free State , you shall not be admitted until you have 93,420 . I was not willing to discriminate between free States and slave States in ...
... slaveholding State , you shall be admitted with 35,000 inhabitants , but if you insist on being a free State , you shall not be admitted until you have 93,420 . I was not willing to discriminate between free States and slave States in ...
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... slaveholding States . Equality among the States is a cardinal and fundamental principle in our Confederacy , and cannot be violated without overturning our system of Government . Hence I demanded that the free States and the slaveholding ...
... slaveholding States . Equality among the States is a cardinal and fundamental principle in our Confederacy , and cannot be violated without overturning our system of Government . Hence I demanded that the free States and the slaveholding ...
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... slaveholding States ; and this gradual system of emancipation went on quietly , peacefully and steadily , so long as we in the free States minded our own business , and left our neighbors alone . But the moment the Abolition Societies ...
... slaveholding States ; and this gradual system of emancipation went on quietly , peacefully and steadily , so long as we in the free States minded our own business , and left our neighbors alone . But the moment the Abolition Societies ...
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