The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Including His Speeches, Messages, Inaugurals, Proclamations, Etc., Etc |
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... constitution , and a cheerful , unrepining disposition , made all his labors comparatively light . To such a one , this sort of life has in it much of pleasant excitement to compensate for its hardships . He learned to derive enjoyment ...
... constitution , and a cheerful , unrepining disposition , made all his labors comparatively light . To such a one , this sort of life has in it much of pleasant excitement to compensate for its hardships . He learned to derive enjoyment ...
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... constitutional privilege to give their views on the subject in a clear and manly protest . MARCH 3d , 1837. - The ... Constitution , to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia ; but that the power ought not to be ex- ercised ...
... constitutional privilege to give their views on the subject in a clear and manly protest . MARCH 3d , 1837. - The ... Constitution , to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia ; but that the power ought not to be ex- ercised ...
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... Constitution itself carried Slavery over all the Territories of the United States . In spite of this decision , the ... constitutional Convention , held at Lecompton , adopted the infamous Lecompton Constitu- tion . The IN CONGRESS AND ...
... Constitution itself carried Slavery over all the Territories of the United States . In spite of this decision , the ... constitutional Convention , held at Lecompton , adopted the infamous Lecompton Constitu- tion . The IN CONGRESS AND ...
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... Constitution , compelling every voter , however he voted upon this schedule , to vote for their Constitu- tion , which fixed slavery upon the State just as surely whether the schedule was adopted or not , will be well remembered , as ...
... Constitution , compelling every voter , however he voted upon this schedule , to vote for their Constitu- tion , which fixed slavery upon the State just as surely whether the schedule was adopted or not , will be well remembered , as ...
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... constitution , and the bitter hostility of the southern wing of the Democratic party towards him , had led very many Republicans , and some of high consideration and influence in other States , to favor his return to the Senate . They ...
... constitution , and the bitter hostility of the southern wing of the Democratic party towards him , had led very many Republicans , and some of high consideration and influence in other States , to favor his return to the Senate . They ...
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