Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 124
... Missouri and Iowa , and north of the Missouri Compromise line , was a vast region , chiefly defined on the old maps as the " Great American Desert . " On its eastern border there were a few Indian reservations ; and in time its ...
... Missouri and Iowa , and north of the Missouri Compromise line , was a vast region , chiefly defined on the old maps as the " Great American Desert . " On its eastern border there were a few Indian reservations ; and in time its ...
Page 125
... Missouri , had vaguely inti- mated some exigency requiring prompt action in nego- tiating with the Indians just across the border of his State for the extinguishment of their title to certain reservations ; and some of his constituents ...
... Missouri , had vaguely inti- mated some exigency requiring prompt action in nego- tiating with the Indians just across the border of his State for the extinguishment of their title to certain reservations ; and some of his constituents ...
Page 126
... Missouri . " The best , if not the largest part of the pro- posed territory , and " perhaps the only portion of it that in half a century will become a State , lies immediately west of the State of Missouri . " While his remarks dis ...
... Missouri . " The best , if not the largest part of the pro- posed territory , and " perhaps the only portion of it that in half a century will become a State , lies immediately west of the State of Missouri . " While his remarks dis ...
Page 127
... Missouri Act of March 6 , 1820 , slavery in the territory in question was " forever prohibited ” ; but , " as in the case of Mexican law in New Mexico and Utah , it is a disputed point whether slavery is pro- hibited in the Nebraska ...
... Missouri Act of March 6 , 1820 , slavery in the territory in question was " forever prohibited ” ; but , " as in the case of Mexican law in New Mexico and Utah , it is a disputed point whether slavery is pro- hibited in the Nebraska ...
Page 131
... Missouri Compromise was , " he gave historic details , beginning with the pass- age of the Ordinance of 1787 , which shut the institu- tion out from five great central States of the West . " Thus , " he said , " with the author of the ...
... Missouri Compromise was , " he gave historic details , beginning with the pass- age of the Ordinance of 1787 , which shut the institu- tion out from five great central States of the West . " Thus , " he said , " with the author of the ...
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