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... ment , such as it was , secured . That was the second point gained . The indorsement , however , fell short of a clear popular majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes , and so , perhaps , was not over- whelmingly reliable and ...
... ment , such as it was , secured . That was the second point gained . The indorsement , however , fell short of a clear popular majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes , and so , perhaps , was not over- whelmingly reliable and ...
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... ment ? Why the delay of a reargument ? Why the incoming President's advance exhortation in favor of the decision ? These things look like the cautious patting and petting of a spirited horse preparatory to mounting him , when it is ...
... ment ? Why the delay of a reargument ? Why the incoming President's advance exhortation in favor of the decision ? These things look like the cautious patting and petting of a spirited horse preparatory to mounting him , when it is ...
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... ment at all . I have only been stating to you the argument of a Buchanan man . You will judge if there is any force in it . POPULAR VERSUS SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY . Popular sovereignty ! everlasting popular sovereignty ! Let us for a ...
... ment at all . I have only been stating to you the argument of a Buchanan man . You will judge if there is any force in it . POPULAR VERSUS SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY . Popular sovereignty ! everlasting popular sovereignty ! Let us for a ...
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... ment of the Judge is the same old serpent that says , “ You work and I eat ; you toil and I will enjoy the fruits of it . " Turn in whatever way you will , whether it come from the mouth of a king , an ex- cuse for enslaving the people ...
... ment of the Judge is the same old serpent that says , “ You work and I eat ; you toil and I will enjoy the fruits of it . " Turn in whatever way you will , whether it come from the mouth of a king , an ex- cuse for enslaving the people ...
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... ment Judge Douglas proposed to me seven distinct interrogatories . In my speech of an hour and a half , I attended to some other parts of his speech , and incidentally , as I thought , answered one of the interrogatories then . I then ...
... ment Judge Douglas proposed to me seven distinct interrogatories . In my speech of an hour and a half , I attended to some other parts of his speech , and incidentally , as I thought , answered one of the interrogatories then . I then ...
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