History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... ment of the laws " as their platform , one upon which they could easily have rallied all the people of all sections of the coun- try , but for the fact which they seemed to overlook , that the widest possible differences of opinion ...
... ment of the laws " as their platform , one upon which they could easily have rallied all the people of all sections of the coun- try , but for the fact which they seemed to overlook , that the widest possible differences of opinion ...
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... ment of the United States is supreme : and it soon became evident that the President adopted this theory as the basis and guide of his Executive action . South Carolina took the lead in the secession movement . Her legislature assembled ...
... ment of the United States is supreme : and it soon became evident that the President adopted this theory as the basis and guide of his Executive action . South Carolina took the lead in the secession movement . Her legislature assembled ...
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... ment of the United States than anywhere else on the face of the earth . " I look upon this country , with our institutions , " said Mr. Stephens before the Legislature of Georgia , on the 14th of November , 1860 , after the result of ...
... ment of the United States than anywhere else on the face of the earth . " I look upon this country , with our institutions , " said Mr. Stephens before the Legislature of Georgia , on the 14th of November , 1860 , after the result of ...
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... ment the election of no man , constitutionally chosen to that high office , is sufficient cause for any State to separate from the Union . It ought to stand by and aid still in maintaining the Constitution of the country . To make a ...
... ment the election of no man , constitutionally chosen to that high office , is sufficient cause for any State to separate from the Union . It ought to stand by and aid still in maintaining the Constitution of the country . To make a ...
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... ment , by duties upon imports , sound policy requires such an adjust- ment of these imports as will encourage the development of the indus- trial interest of the whole country ; and we commend that policy of na- tional exchanges which ...
... ment , by duties upon imports , sound policy requires such an adjust- ment of these imports as will encourage the development of the indus- trial interest of the whole country ; and we commend that policy of na- tional exchanges which ...
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