History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... whole Slavery Ques- tion . He showed that the present Democratic doctrines were not those held at the time of the Revolution in reference to Slavery ; showed how the agitation of the country had come from the attempt to set Slavery upon ...
... whole Slavery Ques- tion . He showed that the present Democratic doctrines were not those held at the time of the Revolution in reference to Slavery ; showed how the agitation of the country had come from the attempt to set Slavery upon ...
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... whole State fairly boiled with the excitement of the contest . Nor this alone , for all over the country the eyes of the people were turned to Illinois as the great battle - ground , and the earnest wishes of almost all who loved ...
... whole State fairly boiled with the excitement of the contest . Nor this alone , for all over the country the eyes of the people were turned to Illinois as the great battle - ground , and the earnest wishes of almost all who loved ...
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... whole seces- sion movement was in the hands of a few conspirators , who had their head - quarters at the national Capital , and were them- selves closely connected with the Government of the United States . A secret meeting of these men ...
... whole seces- sion movement was in the hands of a few conspirators , who had their head - quarters at the national Capital , and were them- selves closely connected with the Government of the United States . A secret meeting of these men ...
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... whole civilized world , to the fact , that these high and noble objects - the noblest and the grandest at which human institutions can aim - have been more nearly attained in the practical working of the Govern- ment of the United ...
... whole civilized world , to the fact , that these high and noble objects - the noblest and the grandest at which human institutions can aim - have been more nearly attained in the practical working of the Govern- ment of the United ...
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... whole argument fails . I recollect once of having heard a gentleman from one of the Northern States , of great power and ability , announce in the House of Representatives , with im- posing effect , that we of the South would be ...
... whole argument fails . I recollect once of having heard a gentleman from one of the Northern States , of great power and ability , announce in the House of Representatives , with im- posing effect , that we of the South would be ...
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