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Page 81
... slavery agitation could have been revived , except the very project of repealing the Missouri Compromise . Every inch of territory we owned already had a definite settlement of the slavery question , by which all parties were pledged to ...
... slavery agitation could have been revived , except the very project of repealing the Missouri Compromise . Every inch of territory we owned already had a definite settlement of the slavery question , by which all parties were pledged to ...
Page 82
... slavery , aggravated by a gross breach of faith . Argue as you will and long as you will , this is the naked front and aspect of the measure . And in this aspect it could not but produce agitation . Slavery is founded in the selfishness ...
... slavery , aggravated by a gross breach of faith . Argue as you will and long as you will , this is the naked front and aspect of the measure . And in this aspect it could not but produce agitation . Slavery is founded in the selfishness ...
Page 83
Abraham Lincoln Mary Maclean. slave law , and even menace the institution of slavery in the States where it exists . Already a few in the South claim the constitutional right to take and to hold slaves in the free States - demand the ...
Abraham Lincoln Mary Maclean. slave law , and even menace the institution of slavery in the States where it exists . Already a few in the South claim the constitutional right to take and to hold slaves in the free States - demand the ...
Page 85
... slavery in the abstract . In that speech you spoke of " the peaceful extinction of slavery , " and used other expressions indicating your belief that the thing was at some time to have an end . Since then we have had thirty - six years ...
... slavery in the abstract . In that speech you spoke of " the peaceful extinction of slavery , " and used other expressions indicating your belief that the thing was at some time to have an end . Since then we have had thirty - six years ...
Page 86
... slavery in prospect for us . The signal failure of Henry Clay and other good and great men , in 1849 , to effect ... slaves of King George , and wanted to be free , we called the maxim that " all men are created equal " a self - evident ...
... slavery in prospect for us . The signal failure of Henry Clay and other good and great men , in 1849 , to effect ... slaves of King George , and wanted to be free , we called the maxim that " all men are created equal " a self - evident ...
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