Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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Page 77
... election South Carolina , in protest against the Democratic candidate , Andrew Jack- son , and the Whig candidate , Henry Clay , both of whom had declared against nullification , voted for Governor John Floyd , of Virginia , a ...
... election South Carolina , in protest against the Democratic candidate , Andrew Jack- son , and the Whig candidate , Henry Clay , both of whom had declared against nullification , voted for Governor John Floyd , of Virginia , a ...
Page 104
... election of Abraham Lincoln as President , when it arose in the sterner guise of secession . It was occasionally referred to , in the interim , as in the preceding cartoon of the presidential election of 1836 : CHAPTER IV " POPULAR ...
... election of Abraham Lincoln as President , when it arose in the sterner guise of secession . It was occasionally referred to , in the interim , as in the preceding cartoon of the presidential election of 1836 : CHAPTER IV " POPULAR ...
Page 106
... election as legal and so did not vote , and the constitu- tion with slavery was chosen by an overwhelming ma- jority . In the meantime an election for a new territorial legislature had been held , and at this , in despite of great ...
... election as legal and so did not vote , and the constitu- tion with slavery was chosen by an overwhelming ma- jority . In the meantime an election for a new territorial legislature had been held , and at this , in despite of great ...
Page 109
... election . But Lincoln replied : " The time has come when these sentiments should be uttered , and , if it is decreed that I should go down because of this speech , then let me go down linked to the truth . " And , after the defeat ...
... election . But Lincoln replied : " The time has come when these sentiments should be uttered , and , if it is decreed that I should go down because of this speech , then let me go down linked to the truth . " And , after the defeat ...
Page 110
... election and then was kicked to the winds . His late joint struggle with the Republicans against the Lecomp- ton constitution involves nothing of the original Nebraska doc- trine . That struggle was made on a point - the right of a ...
... election and then was kicked to the winds . His late joint struggle with the Republicans against the Lecomp- ton constitution involves nothing of the original Nebraska doc- trine . That struggle was made on a point - the right of a ...
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