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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... adopt it , and indorse it again and again upon their official oaths , is , in fact , so clearly wrong as to demand your ... adopted by our fathers who framed the government under which we live ; while you , with one accord , reject , and ...
... adopt it , and indorse it again and again upon their official oaths , is , in fact , so clearly wrong as to demand your ... adopted by our fathers who framed the government under which we live ; while you , with one accord , reject , and ...
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... adopt the precepts and policy of the old times . " You charge that we stir up insurrections among your slaves . We deny it . And what is your proof ? Harper's Ferry John Brown ! John Brown was no Republican ; and you have failed to ...
... adopt the precepts and policy of the old times . " You charge that we stir up insurrections among your slaves . We deny it . And what is your proof ? Harper's Ferry John Brown ! John Brown was no Republican ; and you have failed to ...
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... adoption of a platform of principles - amid the intense excitement of the twelve thousand people inside of the " Wigwam " ( as the building was styled in which the body was in session ) , voted to proceed at once to ballot for a candi ...
... adoption of a platform of principles - amid the intense excitement of the twelve thousand people inside of the " Wigwam " ( as the building was styled in which the body was in session ) , voted to proceed at once to ballot for a candi ...
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... adopted a resolution - shortly afterward concurred in by the Senate - providing for an amendment to the Constitution ... adoption of the so - called Crittenden resolutions , which were killed in cold blood by Southern , Senators . 1 But ...
... adopted a resolution - shortly afterward concurred in by the Senate - providing for an amendment to the Constitution ... adoption of the so - called Crittenden resolutions , which were killed in cold blood by Southern , Senators . 1 But ...
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... adopted a wrong policy , then the opportunity to condemn him would occur in four years ' time . " Then I can be turned out and a better man with better views put in my place . " The next morning he left for Cleveland , but before his de ...
... adopted a wrong policy , then the opportunity to condemn him would occur in four years ' time . " Then I can be turned out and a better man with better views put in my place . " The next morning he left for Cleveland , but before his de ...
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