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... true man falters in his affection at the remembrance of any mean action or littleness in the life of Lincoln . The purity of his reputation , the greatness and dignity of his ambition , ennoble every incident of his career , and give ...
... true man falters in his affection at the remembrance of any mean action or littleness in the life of Lincoln . The purity of his reputation , the greatness and dignity of his ambition , ennoble every incident of his career , and give ...
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... true man unhanged in America , and he is a stoutish giant , somewhat under the middle size . In speaking , therefore , of the Whig party , you have first to avoid offense to the gentlemen who reviled its great men in their lifetime ...
... true man unhanged in America , and he is a stoutish giant , somewhat under the middle size . In speaking , therefore , of the Whig party , you have first to avoid offense to the gentlemen who reviled its great men in their lifetime ...
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... true that a Mass State Convention , with a view to forming a permanent organi- zation , had been held at Springfield , in October ; but many anti - Nebraska men , who still adhered to old names , had not taken part in it . The following ...
... true that a Mass State Convention , with a view to forming a permanent organi- zation , had been held at Springfield , in October ; but many anti - Nebraska men , who still adhered to old names , had not taken part in it . The following ...
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... true inscription , they saw that it was the signal of dis- cord , oppression , and violence . There were old stains upon that gay piece of bunting ; stains of blood from the cabin hearths of Kansas , and from the marble floor of the ...
... true inscription , they saw that it was the signal of dis- cord , oppression , and violence . There were old stains upon that gay piece of bunting ; stains of blood from the cabin hearths of Kansas , and from the marble floor of the ...
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... true glory , induces me to assume to speak his senti- ments as I do indeed the opinions of our delegation , when I move you , as I do now , that the nomination of ABRAHAM LINCOLN , of Illinois , as the Republican candidate for the ...
... true glory , induces me to assume to speak his senti- ments as I do indeed the opinions of our delegation , when I move you , as I do now , that the nomination of ABRAHAM LINCOLN , of Illinois , as the Republican candidate for the ...
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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...