Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 147
... decision - determined the year before , and opinions written out - was announced by the Supreme Court of the United States , Chief Justice Taney speak- ing for a majority of the court . By a suggestive coin- cidence of dates , this case ...
... decision - determined the year before , and opinions written out - was announced by the Supreme Court of the United States , Chief Justice Taney speak- ing for a majority of the court . By a suggestive coin- cidence of dates , this case ...
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... decision a theme which excited the zeal of Lincoln scarcely less than the repeal of the Missouri Compro- mise . In his first important speech after Buchanan's inauguration , Lincoln said in opening ( at Springfield , June 26 , 1857 ) ...
... decision a theme which excited the zeal of Lincoln scarcely less than the repeal of the Missouri Compro- mise . In his first important speech after Buchanan's inauguration , Lincoln said in opening ( at Springfield , June 26 , 1857 ) ...
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... decision he said : - That decision declares two propositions - first , that a negro can not sue in the United States Courts ; and secondly , that Congress can not prohibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court ...
... decision he said : - That decision declares two propositions - first , that a negro can not sue in the United States Courts ; and secondly , that Congress can not prohibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court ...
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... decision was , in part , based on assumed historical facts which were not really true , and I ought not to leave the subject without giving some reasons for saying this . I therefore give an instance or two which I think fully sustain ...
... decision was , in part , based on assumed historical facts which were not really true , and I ought not to leave the subject without giving some reasons for saying this . I therefore give an instance or two which I think fully sustain ...
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... decision in the same month of May , 1854. The negro's name was " Dred Scott , " which name now designates the decision finally made in the case . Before the then next Presidential election the law case came to and was argued in the ...
... decision in the same month of May , 1854. The negro's name was " Dred Scott , " which name now designates the decision finally made in the case . Before the then next Presidential election the law case came to and was argued in the ...
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