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... party he can think of who sometimes turn old horses out to root . Is not a certain Martin Van Buren an old horse which your own party have turned out to root ? and is he not rooting a little to your dis- comfort about now ? . . . But ...
... party he can think of who sometimes turn old horses out to root . Is not a certain Martin Van Buren an old horse which your own party have turned out to root ? and is he not rooting a little to your dis- comfort about now ? . . . But ...
Page 81
... parties were pledged to abide . Indeed , there was no uninhabited country on the continent which we could acquire , if we except some extreme northern regions which are wholly out of the question . In this state of affairs the Genius of ...
... parties were pledged to abide . Indeed , there was no uninhabited country on the continent which we could acquire , if we except some extreme northern regions which are wholly out of the question . In this state of affairs the Genius of ...
Page 84
... party throughout the world express the apprehension " that the one retrograde institution in America is undermining the principles of progress , and fatally violating the noblest political system the world ever saw . " This is not the ...
... party throughout the world express the apprehension " that the one retrograde institution in America is undermining the principles of progress , and fatally violating the noblest political system the world ever saw . " This is not the ...
Page 89
... party necessity , and the thing is done . Apropos of this , let me tell you an anec- dote . Douglas introduced the Nebraska bill in January . In February afterward there was a called session of the Illinois legislature . Of the one ...
... party necessity , and the thing is done . Apropos of this , let me tell you an anec- dote . Douglas introduced the Nebraska bill in January . In February afterward there was a called session of the Illinois legislature . Of the one ...
Page 90
... party necessity of supporting it became apparent , the way the Democrats began to see the wisdom and justice of it was perfectly astonishing . You say that if Kansas fairly votes herself a free State as a Christian you will rejoice at ...
... party necessity of supporting it became apparent , the way the Democrats began to see the wisdom and justice of it was perfectly astonishing . You say that if Kansas fairly votes herself a free State as a Christian you will rejoice at ...
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