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... other settlements of the Gulf and the Rio Grande on the south and west , and of wide uninhabited regions on the north and east . " 5th . Whether the people of that settlement , or a majority of them , have ever submitted themselves ...
... other settlements of the Gulf and the Rio Grande on the south and west , and of wide uninhabited regions on the north and east . " 5th . Whether the people of that settlement , or a majority of them , have ever submitted themselves ...
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Precisely so , ' replied Lincoln ; ' I was in favor of running the line a great deal deal further south , ' C " About this time , ' the speaker continued , my distinguished friend introduced me to a particular friend of his , one David ...
Precisely so , ' replied Lincoln ; ' I was in favor of running the line a great deal deal further south , ' C " About this time , ' the speaker continued , my distinguished friend introduced me to a particular friend of his , one David ...
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It would thereby lose the whole North , while the common enemy would still have the support of the entire South . The question in relation to men is different . There are good and patriotic men and able statesmen in the South whom I ...
It would thereby lose the whole North , while the common enemy would still have the support of the entire South . The question in relation to men is different . There are good and patriotic men and able statesmen in the South whom I ...
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I should be glad to have some of the many good , and able , and noble men of the South to place themselves where we can confer upon them the high honor of an election , } } us ; upon one or the other end of our ticket .
I should be glad to have some of the many good , and able , and noble men of the South to place themselves where we can confer upon them the high honor of an election , } } us ; upon one or the other end of our ticket .
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Adopt and adhere to this course , and , it seems to me , the difficulty is cleared . One of the gentlemen from South Carolina , [ Mr. RHETT , ] very much deprecates these statistics . He 168 LIFE AND SPEECHES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Adopt and adhere to this course , and , it seems to me , the difficulty is cleared . One of the gentlemen from South Carolina , [ Mr. RHETT , ] very much deprecates these statistics . He 168 LIFE AND SPEECHES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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Page 347 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 100 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 239 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 243 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 216 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 217 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 181 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 202 - But you say you are conservative — eminently conservative — while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by "our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Page 189 - It is this : Does the proper division of local from Federal authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? " Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans the negative.
Page 194 - ... their oath to support the Constitution, would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again, George Washington, another of the "thirty-nine...