Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... object . They do not tell us , nor has he told us , that he wishes any such object to be effected . They wish us to infer all , from the facts that he now has a little quarrel with the present First Speech Senatorial Canvass , 1858 ...
... object . They do not tell us , nor has he told us , that he wishes any such object to be effected . They wish us to infer all , from the facts that he now has a little quarrel with the present First Speech Senatorial Canvass , 1858 ...
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... object , then our principle , and we with it , are sectional , and are justly opposed and denounced as such . Meet us , then , on the question of whether our principle , put in practice , would wrong your section ; ari so meet it as if ...
... object , then our principle , and we with it , are sectional , and are justly opposed and denounced as such . Meet us , then , on the question of whether our principle , put in practice , would wrong your section ; ari so meet it as if ...
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... object , ' fantastically called ' Popular Sovereignty ; ' but never a man among you in favor of Federal prohibition of slavery in Federal Territories , according to the practice of our fathers who framed the government under which we ...
... object , ' fantastically called ' Popular Sovereignty ; ' but never a man among you in favor of Federal prohibition of slavery in Federal Territories , according to the practice of our fathers who framed the government under which we ...
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... object to its nationality - its uni- versality ; if it is wrong , they cannot justly insist upon its extension - its enlargement . All they ask , we could readily grant , if we thought slavery right ; all we ask , they could as readily ...
... object to its nationality - its uni- versality ; if it is wrong , they cannot justly insist upon its extension - its enlargement . All they ask , we could readily grant , if we thought slavery right ; all we ask , they could as readily ...
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... object of their great affection would seem to be exceedingly thin and airy . If sick , the little pills of the homeopathist would be much too large for it to swallow . In their view , the Union , as a family relation , would seem to be ...
... object of their great affection would seem to be exceedingly thin and airy . If sick , the little pills of the homeopathist would be much too large for it to swallow . In their view , the Union , as a family relation , would seem to be ...
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