Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 80
... majority con- sented to the rule requiring two - thirds to nominate ; James K. Polk , of Tennessee , chosen in his stead , was elected over Clay ; and annexation was an accomplished fact before Polk's inauguration . Lincoln , as he had ...
... majority con- sented to the rule requiring two - thirds to nominate ; James K. Polk , of Tennessee , chosen in his stead , was elected over Clay ; and annexation was an accomplished fact before Polk's inauguration . Lincoln , as he had ...
Page 87
... majority of any portion of such people may revolutionize , putting down a minority , in- intermingled with or near about them , who may oppose their movements . Such minority was precisely the case of the Tories of our own Revolution ...
... majority of any portion of such people may revolutionize , putting down a minority , in- intermingled with or near about them , who may oppose their movements . Such minority was precisely the case of the Tories of our own Revolution ...
Page 92
... majority of the House , in February , 1847 , actually voted for this proviso , the storm passed all bounds . Three years before , Benton said in secret session of the Senate , as he himself tells us , in opposing Calhoun's treaty for ...
... majority of the House , in February , 1847 , actually voted for this proviso , the storm passed all bounds . Three years before , Benton said in secret session of the Senate , as he himself tells us , in opposing Calhoun's treaty for ...
Page 102
... majority for General Taylor was over * E . L. Pierce's " Life of Sumner . " See also " Life of W. H. Seward " ( F. W. S. ) , II . , 80 . fifteen hundred - slightly less than Lincoln had received at 102 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
... majority for General Taylor was over * E . L. Pierce's " Life of Sumner . " See also " Life of W. H. Seward " ( F. W. S. ) , II . , 80 . fifteen hundred - slightly less than Lincoln had received at 102 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
Page 104
... majority was altogether but thirteen . On the 21st of December , Mr. Gott , of New York , introduced a resolution , with a preamble declaring that the " traffic now prosecuted in this metropolis of the Republic in human beings , as ...
... majority was altogether but thirteen . On the 21st of December , Mr. Gott , of New York , introduced a resolution , with a preamble declaring that the " traffic now prosecuted in this metropolis of the Republic in human beings , as ...
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