Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 79
... district . Clay had a clear field this year for the Presidential nomination . The friends of ex - President Van Buren had been hoping for a like unanimity in his favor on the Democratic side . He made a tour through the West in 1843 ...
... district . Clay had a clear field this year for the Presidential nomination . The friends of ex - President Van Buren had been hoping for a like unanimity in his favor on the Democratic side . He made a tour through the West in 1843 ...
Page 82
... district . As the election took place early in August , the victorious army in Mexico was only in the first stages of its career when the canvass closed . Few people in Illinois were making any great outcry against the war , or showed ...
... district . As the election took place early in August , the victorious army in Mexico was only in the first stages of its career when the canvass closed . Few people in Illinois were making any great outcry against the war , or showed ...
Page 83
... over Cartwright was 1,511 , more than one thousand greater than the plurality in the district for the Whig candidate for Governor . - CHAPTER VII . 1847-1848 . In Congress- Mexican War MARRIAGE - ELECTION TO CONGRESS . 83.
... over Cartwright was 1,511 , more than one thousand greater than the plurality in the district for the Whig candidate for Governor . - CHAPTER VII . 1847-1848 . In Congress- Mexican War MARRIAGE - ELECTION TO CONGRESS . 83.
Page 102
... district Judge Stephen T. Logan , the Whig nominee for Representative in Congress , was beaten ; but the majority for General Taylor was over * E . L. Pierce's " Life of Sumner . " See also " Life of W. H. Seward " ( F. W. S. ) , II ...
... district Judge Stephen T. Logan , the Whig nominee for Representative in Congress , was beaten ; but the majority for General Taylor was over * E . L. Pierce's " Life of Sumner . " See also " Life of W. H. Seward " ( F. W. S. ) , II ...
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... District of Columbia , why should it longer tolerate slavery there ? Why should the sale of slaves , as a regular market business , be permitted to go on almost under the windows of the Capitol ? Where Lincoln's sympathies were , as to ...
... District of Columbia , why should it longer tolerate slavery there ? Why should the sale of slaves , as a regular market business , be permitted to go on almost under the windows of the Capitol ? Where Lincoln's sympathies were , as to ...
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