Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 127
... Union . " Senator Dixon , of Kentucky , gave notice that when the bill came up for consideration , he should propose an amendment annulling the said eighth section of the Missouri Act , as applicable to Nebraska . This met the issue ...
... Union . " Senator Dixon , of Kentucky , gave notice that when the bill came up for consideration , he should propose an amendment annulling the said eighth section of the Missouri Act , as applicable to Nebraska . This met the issue ...
Page 132
... Union were freely made , and the ablest public men of the day became seriously alarmed " — a controversy quieted at length by the act approved March 6 , 1820 , “ providing that Mis- souri might come into the Union with slavery , but ...
... Union were freely made , and the ablest public men of the day became seriously alarmed " — a controversy quieted at length by the act approved March 6 , 1820 , “ providing that Mis- souri might come into the Union with slavery , but ...
Page 135
... Union - saving measure . Well , I too go for saving the Union . Much as I hate slavery , I would consent to the extension of it rather than see the Union dissolved , just as I would consent to any great evil to avoid a greater one . But ...
... Union - saving measure . Well , I too go for saving the Union . Much as I hate slavery , I would consent to the extension of it rather than see the Union dissolved , just as I would consent to any great evil to avoid a greater one . But ...
Page 136
... Union . When it came upon us , all was peace and quiet . The nation was looking to the forming of new bonds of union , and a long course of peace and prosperity seemed to lie before us . In the whole range of possibility , there ...
... Union . When it came upon us , all was peace and quiet . The nation was looking to the forming of new bonds of union , and a long course of peace and prosperity seemed to lie before us . In the whole range of possibility , there ...
Page 137
... Union - saving turn ? Will not the first drop of blood so shed be the real knell of the Union ? . . I particularly object to the new position which the avowed principle of this Nebraska law gives to slavery in the body politic ...
... Union - saving turn ? Will not the first drop of blood so shed be the real knell of the Union ? . . I particularly object to the new position which the avowed principle of this Nebraska law gives to slavery in the body politic ...
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