Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 90
... force of a commanding public expression in favor of needed improvements by the Federal Government , to facilitate navigation on the great rivers and lakes .. The convention met on the 5th of July , 1847 , and its sessions extended ...
... force of a commanding public expression in favor of needed improvements by the Federal Government , to facilitate navigation on the great rivers and lakes .. The convention met on the 5th of July , 1847 , and its sessions extended ...
Page 133
... forces so many really good men among ourselves into an open war with the very fundamental principles of civil liberty , criticising the Declaration of Independence , and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self ...
... forces so many really good men among ourselves into an open war with the very fundamental principles of civil liberty , criticising the Declaration of Independence , and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self ...
Page 148
... force was presently sent to suppress the insurrection . ― On the stump in the summer of 1857 Douglas took upon his shoulders the new burden of the Dred Scott decision a theme which excited the zeal of Lincoln scarcely less than the ...
... force was presently sent to suppress the insurrection . ― On the stump in the summer of 1857 Douglas took upon his shoulders the new burden of the Dred Scott decision a theme which excited the zeal of Lincoln scarcely less than the ...
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... force , unsurpassed in any previous effort . The fundamental differences between the respective atti- tudes of the two combatants were never brought out by him more pointedly , in few words , than in the following passages : We have in ...
... force , unsurpassed in any previous effort . The fundamental differences between the respective atti- tudes of the two combatants were never brought out by him more pointedly , in few words , than in the following passages : We have in ...
Page 217
... force carries slavery into any or all of the Terri- tories of the United States , is a dangerous political heresy . • " That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; and we deny the authority ...
... force carries slavery into any or all of the Terri- tories of the United States , is a dangerous political heresy . • " That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; and we deny the authority ...
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