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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... favor . So marked an indication as this of his personal power to draw votes , made him a political celebrity at once , and in future elections it became a point with aspirants to seek to combine his strength in their favor , by placing ...
... favor . So marked an indication as this of his personal power to draw votes , made him a political celebrity at once , and in future elections it became a point with aspirants to seek to combine his strength in their favor , by placing ...
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... favor as " one of the masses . " He chose to appear then , as he has at all times since , precisely what he was . His deportment was unassuming , though without any awkwardness of reserve . " During this , his first session in the ...
... favor as " one of the masses . " He chose to appear then , as he has at all times since , precisely what he was . His deportment was unassuming , though without any awkwardness of reserve . " During this , his first session in the ...
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... favor emanci- pation . During the spring of 1837 , resolutions of a pro- slavery character had been adopted by a Democratic majority of the Illinois Legislature , and the attempt , of course , was made to affix the stigma of ...
... favor emanci- pation . During the spring of 1837 , resolutions of a pro- slavery character had been adopted by a Democratic majority of the Illinois Legislature , and the attempt , of course , was made to affix the stigma of ...
Page 93
... favor , a series of resolutions , keenly criticising the motives which had superinduced the war . In later years , it was charged against Mr. Lincoln by his political enemies , that he lacked genuine patriotism , inasmuch as he had ...
... favor , a series of resolutions , keenly criticising the motives which had superinduced the war . In later years , it was charged against Mr. Lincoln by his political enemies , that he lacked genuine patriotism , inasmuch as he had ...
Page 94
... favor of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave trade . " On the question of abolishing slavery in the District , he took rather a prominent part . A Mr. Gott had introduced a resolution directing ...
... favor of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave trade . " On the question of abolishing slavery in the District , he took rather a prominent part . A Mr. Gott had introduced a resolution directing ...
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