Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... government provided it for soldiers and sailors ; and to have a rolling or raising , a husking or ' hoe - down ' anywhere about without it was positively insufferable . So , too , it was everywhere a respectable article of manufacture ...
... government provided it for soldiers and sailors ; and to have a rolling or raising , a husking or ' hoe - down ' anywhere about without it was positively insufferable . So , too , it was everywhere a respectable article of manufacture ...
Page 85
... Government , and whose names have scarcely less luster than theirs . These honored seniors had given character to the politi- cal era which , though perhaps unconsciously to them all , was now about to close . Of the new epoch , fore ...
... Government , and whose names have scarcely less luster than theirs . These honored seniors had given character to the politi- cal era which , though perhaps unconsciously to them all , was now about to close . Of the new epoch , fore ...
Page 87
... government , and form a new one that suits them better . This is a most valuable , a most sacred right a right which , we hope and believe , is to liberate the world . Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an ...
... government , and form a new one that suits them better . This is a most valuable , a most sacred right a right which , we hope and believe , is to liberate the world . Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an ...
Page 88
... government subject to constant changes , by successive revolutions , the continued success of our arms may fail to obtain a satisfactory peace . " Then he suggests the propriety of wheedling the Mexican people to desert the counsels of ...
... government subject to constant changes , by successive revolutions , the continued success of our arms may fail to obtain a satisfactory peace . " Then he suggests the propriety of wheedling the Mexican people to desert the counsels of ...
Page 90
... Government , to facilitate navigation on the great rivers and lakes .. The convention met on the 5th of July , 1847 , and its sessions extended through the two following days . It was presided over by Judge Edward Bates , of St. Louis ...
... Government , to facilitate navigation on the great rivers and lakes .. The convention met on the 5th of July , 1847 , and its sessions extended through the two following days . It was presided over by Judge Edward Bates , of St. Louis ...
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