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Page 113
... millions out of the twenty - one millions of the white people of our land , pronounce a decision striking down the dearest rights of the remain- ing fourteen millions ; proclaiming that slavery has rights paramount to all others ...
... millions out of the twenty - one millions of the white people of our land , pronounce a decision striking down the dearest rights of the remain- ing fourteen millions ; proclaiming that slavery has rights paramount to all others ...
Page 179
... millions for the military and naval service , pro- vided for the collection of the customs duties of the insur- rectionary States on shipboard , and authorized a loan of two hundred and fifty millions on Treasury stock . It passed a tax ...
... millions for the military and naval service , pro- vided for the collection of the customs duties of the insur- rectionary States on shipboard , and authorized a loan of two hundred and fifty millions on Treasury stock . It passed a tax ...
Page 396
... million dollars were disbursed every year for transportation and the subsistence of troops west of the Missouri River ... millions . When in after times the history of these transactions shall be written , it will be set down that it was ...
... million dollars were disbursed every year for transportation and the subsistence of troops west of the Missouri River ... millions . When in after times the history of these transactions shall be written , it will be set down that it was ...
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