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Page 74
... perhaps it does not occur to you that to the extent of your gain in the case , you have given up the slave system and adopted the free system of labor . [ From a speech delivered in reply to Senator Stephen 74 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
... perhaps it does not occur to you that to the extent of your gain in the case , you have given up the slave system and adopted the free system of labor . [ From a speech delivered in reply to Senator Stephen 74 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
Page 76
... given me , I should not know what to do as to the existing institution . My first im- pulse would be to free all the slaves , and send them to Liberia , to their own native land . But a moment's reflection would convince me that ...
... given me , I should not know what to do as to the existing institution . My first im- pulse would be to free all the slaves , and send them to Liberia , to their own native land . But a moment's reflection would convince me that ...
Page 85
... given it has afforded me much of both pleasure and instruction . It was new to me that the exact question which led to the Missouri Compromise had arisen before it arose in regard to Missouri , and that you had taken so prominent a part ...
... given it has afforded me much of both pleasure and instruction . It was new to me that the exact question which led to the Missouri Compromise had arisen before it arose in regard to Missouri , and that you had taken so prominent a part ...
Page 113
... given you , you cannot be justified in taking away the little which has been given him . All I ask for the negro is that if you do not like him , let him alone . If God gave him but little , that little let him enjoy . When our ...
... given you , you cannot be justified in taking away the little which has been given him . All I ask for the negro is that if you do not like him , let him alone . If God gave him but little , that little let him enjoy . When our ...
Page 117
... to honest acquisition of territory ; and , in any given case , I would or would not op- pose such acquisition , accordingly as I might think such acquisition would or would not aggravate the slavery ques- tion 117 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... to honest acquisition of territory ; and , in any given case , I would or would not op- pose such acquisition , accordingly as I might think such acquisition would or would not aggravate the slavery ques- tion 117 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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