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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... Of its members some were acting in good faith , others were using it as a breakwater for the States already Constitutional Amendment Proposed . Davis defines the Rebel position . 5 NOMINATED AND ELECTED PRESIDENT . 65.
... Of its members some were acting in good faith , others were using it as a breakwater for the States already Constitutional Amendment Proposed . Davis defines the Rebel position . 5 NOMINATED AND ELECTED PRESIDENT . 65.
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... position . in overt rebellion . A series of resolutions , however , aiming at peace on the basis of a preserved Union was agreed to by a majority , and the body adjourned on the 1st of March . On the 11th of February , moreover , the ...
... position . in overt rebellion . A series of resolutions , however , aiming at peace on the basis of a preserved Union was agreed to by a majority , and the body adjourned on the 1st of March . On the 11th of February , moreover , the ...
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... position , can appreci- ate the sadness I feel at this parting . To this people I owe all that I am . Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born , and here one of them lies buried . I know not how ...
... position , can appreci- ate the sadness I feel at this parting . To this people I owe all that I am . Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born , and here one of them lies buried . I know not how ...
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... position assigned to a State in the Union by the Constitution , for that is a bond we all recog- nize . That position , however , a State cannot carry out of the Union with it . I speak of that assumed primary right of a State to rule ...
... position assigned to a State in the Union by the Constitution , for that is a bond we all recog- nize . That position , however , a State cannot carry out of the Union with it . I speak of that assumed primary right of a State to rule ...
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... Kentucky , friends , brethren : May I call you such ? In my new position I see no occasion and feel no inclination to retract a word of this . If it shall Bpeech at Columbus . The Ohio Legislature . Reliance on 70 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... Kentucky , friends , brethren : May I call you such ? In my new position I see no occasion and feel no inclination to retract a word of this . If it shall Bpeech at Columbus . The Ohio Legislature . Reliance on 70 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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