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Page 83
... Union , whether the final destruction of the Missouri Com- promise , and with it the spirit of all compromise , will or will not embolden and embitter each of these , and fatally increase the number of both . But restore the compromise ...
... Union , whether the final destruction of the Missouri Com- promise , and with it the spirit of all compromise , will or will not embolden and embitter each of these , and fatally increase the number of both . But restore the compromise ...
Page 85
... Union , but we shall have so saved it as to make and to keep it forever worthy of the saving . We shall have so saved it that the succeeding millions of free happy people , the world over , shall rise up and call us blessed to the ...
... Union , but we shall have so saved it as to make and to keep it forever worthy of the saving . We shall have so saved it that the succeeding millions of free happy people , the world over , shall rise up and call us blessed to the ...
Page 87
... Union dissolved . I am not aware that any one is bidding you yield that right ; very certainly I am not . I leave that matter entirely to yourself . I also acknowledge your rights and my obligations under the Constitution in regard to ...
... Union dissolved . I am not aware that any one is bidding you yield that right ; very certainly I am not . I leave that matter entirely to yourself . I also acknowledge your rights and my obligations under the Constitution in regard to ...
Page 88
... Union must be dissolved . But how if she votes herself a slave State unfairly , that is , by the very means for which you say you would hang men ? Must she still be admitted , or the Union dissolved ? That will be the phase of the ...
... Union must be dissolved . But how if she votes herself a slave State unfairly , that is , by the very means for which you say you would hang men ? Must she still be admitted , or the Union dissolved ? That will be the phase of the ...
Page 89
... Union as a slave State , I shall oppose it . I am very loath in any case to withhold my assent to the enjoyment of property acquired or located in good faith ; but I do not admit that good faith in taking a negro to Kansas to be held in ...
... Union as a slave State , I shall oppose it . I am very loath in any case to withhold my assent to the enjoyment of property acquired or located in good faith ; but I do not admit that good faith in taking a negro to Kansas to be held in ...
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