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Page 99
... senator for doing this obvious vio- lence to the plain , unmistakable language of the Declara- tion . I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men , but they did not intend to declare all 234637 men equal ...
... senator for doing this obvious vio- lence to the plain , unmistakable language of the Declara- tion . I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men , but they did not intend to declare all 234637 men equal ...
Page 104
... senator 16 June 1858. ] Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention : If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could better judge what to do , and how to do it . We are now far into the fifth year since a ...
... senator 16 June 1858. ] Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention : If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could better judge what to do , and how to do it . We are now far into the fifth year since a ...
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... Senate , Senator Pettit of Indiana declared the equality of men , as asserted in our Declaration of Independence , to be a " self - evident lie . " In his numer- ous speeches now being made in Illinois , Senator Douglas regularly argues ...
... Senate , Senator Pettit of Indiana declared the equality of men , as asserted in our Declaration of Independence , to be a " self - evident lie . " In his numer- ous speeches now being made in Illinois , Senator Douglas regularly argues ...
Page 167
... Senator Douglas's new sedition law must be enacted and enforced , suppressing all declarations that slavery is wrong , whether made in politics , in presses , in pulpits , or in private . We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves ...
... Senator Douglas's new sedition law must be enacted and enforced , suppressing all declarations that slavery is wrong , whether made in politics , in presses , in pulpits , or in private . We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves ...
Page 183
... Senate , that very great responsibility rests upon me in the position to which the votes of the American people have called me . I am deeply sensible of that weighty responsibility . I cannot but know what you all know , that without a ...
... Senate , that very great responsibility rests upon me in the position to which the votes of the American people have called me . I am deeply sensible of that weighty responsibility . I cannot but know what you all know , that without a ...
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