Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 89
... evidence.- Analyze this issue , and try to show that it embraces the true and the whole question of the pro- tective policy . Intended as a test of experience.- The period se- lected is fair , because it is a period of ADDRESSES AND ...
... evidence.- Analyze this issue , and try to show that it embraces the true and the whole question of the pro- tective policy . Intended as a test of experience.- The period se- lected is fair , because it is a period of ADDRESSES AND ...
Page 101
... evidence - is from beginning to end the sheerest deception . The issue , as he presents it , is in these words : " But there are those who , conceding all this to be true , assume the ground that the true western boundary of Texas is ...
... evidence - is from beginning to end the sheerest deception . The issue , as he presents it , is in these words : " But there are those who , conceding all this to be true , assume the ground that the true western boundary of Texas is ...
Page 102
... evidence as applicable to such an issue . When that evidence is analyzed , it is all included in the following propositions : ( 1 ) That the Rio Grande was the western boundary of Louisiana as we purchased it of France in 1803 . ( 2 ) ...
... evidence as applicable to such an issue . When that evidence is analyzed , it is all included in the following propositions : ( 1 ) That the Rio Grande was the western boundary of Louisiana as we purchased it of France in 1803 . ( 2 ) ...
Page 103
... evidence of Texas before annexation , and the United States afterward , exercising jurisdiction beyond the Nueces and between the two rivers . This actual exercise of jurisdiction is the very class or quality of evidence we want ...
... evidence of Texas before annexation , and the United States afterward , exercising jurisdiction beyond the Nueces and between the two rivers . This actual exercise of jurisdiction is the very class or quality of evidence we want ...
Page 104
... evidence we want . It is excellent so far as it goes ; but does it go far enough ? He tells us it went beyond the Nueces , but he does not tell us it went to the Rio Grande . He tells us jurisdiction was exercised between the two rivers ...
... evidence we want . It is excellent so far as it goes ; but does it go far enough ? He tells us it went beyond the Nueces , but he does not tell us it went to the Rio Grande . He tells us jurisdiction was exercised between the two rivers ...
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