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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... Slavery Agitation the Democratic party of Illinois - his re - election as Senator depending upon the result of the State election in 1858- the Republican Convention of that year with shouts of applause , unanimously resolved that ...
... Slavery Agitation the Democratic party of Illinois - his re - election as Senator depending upon the result of the State election in 1858- the Republican Convention of that year with shouts of applause , unanimously resolved that ...
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... slavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions , and from most of the national territory by Congressional prohibition . Four days later com- menced the struggle , which ended in repealing that Congres- sional ...
... slavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions , and from most of the national territory by Congressional prohibition . Four days later com- menced the struggle , which ended in repealing that Congres- sional ...
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... slavery be voted down or voted up , to be intended by him other than as an apt definition of the policy he would ... slave , imported as such from Africa , and no descendant of such , can ever be a citizen of any State , Points of the ...
... slavery be voted down or voted up , to be intended by him other than as an apt definition of the policy he would ... slave , imported as such from Africa , and no descendant of such , can ever be a citizen of any State , Points of the ...
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... slavery from any United States Territory . " This point is made in order that individual men may fill up the Territories with slaves , without danger of losing them as property , and thus to enhance the chances of permanency to the ...
... slavery from any United States Territory . " This point is made in order that individual men may fill up the Territories with slaves , without danger of losing them as property , and thus to enhance the chances of permanency to the ...
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... slavery from any United States . Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Constitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to exclude it . Possibly , this was a mere omission ; but who can be quite sure , if ...
... slavery from any United States . Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Constitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to exclude it . Possibly , this was a mere omission ; but who can be quite sure , if ...
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