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Page xii
... favor of arming the negroes of the South , as an act of justice as well as of military necessity ; he maintained that it was a duty to confiscate the lands of rebels , as a measure of war , and also to fur- nish homesteads for the ...
... favor of arming the negroes of the South , as an act of justice as well as of military necessity ; he maintained that it was a duty to confiscate the lands of rebels , as a measure of war , and also to fur- nish homesteads for the ...
Page xiii
... favor of the proposed meas- ure near the close of the Forty - first Congress . He also lifted up his voice against mammoth grants of land to railroad companies ; thereby enabling them to keep large tracts unsettled while they wait to ...
... favor of the proposed meas- ure near the close of the Forty - first Congress . He also lifted up his voice against mammoth grants of land to railroad companies ; thereby enabling them to keep large tracts unsettled while they wait to ...
Page xiv
... to grant the Right of Suffrage to Women in the District of Columbia , and in the Territories of the United States ; and that he has been outspoken in favor of a Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution , first pro- xiv INTRODUCTION .
... to grant the Right of Suffrage to Women in the District of Columbia , and in the Territories of the United States ; and that he has been outspoken in favor of a Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution , first pro- xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... favor of extending the blessings of slavery at all hazards . The South will not submit to be girdled round by free soil ; and if we dare to thwart her purpose , we are reminded of the struggle of our fathers against British tyranny ...
... favor of extending the blessings of slavery at all hazards . The South will not submit to be girdled round by free soil ; and if we dare to thwart her purpose , we are reminded of the struggle of our fathers against British tyranny ...
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... favor of slavery . So far , I admit , our fathers compromised the freedom of the black race , and involved the free States in the political obligation to uphold slavery . Beyond these express compromises , they did not go nor design to ...
... favor of slavery . So far , I admit , our fathers compromised the freedom of the black race , and involved the free States in the political obligation to uphold slavery . Beyond these express compromises , they did not go nor design to ...
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