Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... Senator . Formation of the Republican Party . once more to private life , resuming the professional practice which had been temporarily interrupted by his public duties , and taking no active part in politics through the period of ...
... Senator . Formation of the Republican Party . once more to private life , resuming the professional practice which had been temporarily interrupted by his public duties , and taking no active part in politics through the period of ...
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... Senator . Opening Speech . The Slavery Agitation the Democratic party of Illinois - his re - election as Senator depending upon the result of the State election in 1858- the Republican Convention of that year with shouts of applause ...
... Senator . Opening Speech . The Slavery Agitation the Democratic party of Illinois - his re - election as Senator depending upon the result of the State election in 1858- the Republican Convention of that year with shouts of applause ...
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... Senator Trumbull , on the floor of the Senate , requests the leading advocate of the Nebraska Bill to state his opinion whether a people of a ter- ritory can constitutionally exclude slavery from their limits ; and the latter answers ...
... Senator Trumbull , on the floor of the Senate , requests the leading advocate of the Nebraska Bill to state his opinion whether a people of a ter- ritory can constitutionally exclude slavery from their limits ; and the latter answers ...
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... Senator Douglas's ' care not ' policy , constitute the piece of machinery in its present state of advancement . working points of that machinery are : The " First , That no negro slave , imported as such from Africa , and no descendant ...
... Senator Douglas's ' care not ' policy , constitute the piece of machinery in its present state of advancement . working points of that machinery are : The " First , That no negro slave , imported as such from Africa , and no descendant ...
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... Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presi- dential election ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking out then would have damaged the " perfectly free " argument upon which the election was to be carried . " Why the outgoing ...
... Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presi- dential election ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking out then would have damaged the " perfectly free " argument upon which the election was to be carried . " Why the outgoing ...
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