Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... decision . Why was the court decision held up ? Why even a Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presidential election ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking out then would have damaged the " per- fectly free argument upon ...
... decision . Why was the court decision held up ? Why even a Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presidential election ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking out then would have damaged the " per- fectly free argument upon ...
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... decision of the Supreme Court upon a constitutional question to the decisions of a tumultuous town meeting . I am aware that once an eminent lawyer of this city , now no more , said that the State of Illinois had the most perfect ...
... decision of the Supreme Court upon a constitutional question to the decisions of a tumultuous town meeting . I am aware that once an eminent lawyer of this city , now no more , said that the State of Illinois had the most perfect ...
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... decision , I would vote that it should . . . . We let this property abide by the decision , but we will try to reverse that decision . We will try to put it where Judge Douglas will not object , for he says he will obey it until it is ...
... decision , I would vote that it should . . . . We let this property abide by the decision , but we will try to reverse that decision . We will try to put it where Judge Douglas will not object , for he says he will obey it until it is ...
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... necessity in this country . Recurring to the Dred Scott case , he cited Jeffer- son's views on judicial decisions , alluded to the course of the Democratic party and of Douglas personally , in CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR . 167.
... necessity in this country . Recurring to the Dred Scott case , he cited Jeffer- son's views on judicial decisions , alluded to the course of the Democratic party and of Douglas personally , in CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR . 167.
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... decision , and concluded : - Judge Douglas is for Supreme Court decisions when he likes , and against them when he does not like them . He is for the Dred Scott decision because it tends to nationalize slavery because it is a part of ...
... decision , and concluded : - Judge Douglas is for Supreme Court decisions when he likes , and against them when he does not like them . He is for the Dred Scott decision because it tends to nationalize slavery because it is a part of ...
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