| David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...maintain the acts and proclamations by which the Government, in its own defence, has aimed a death-blow at this gigantic evil. We are in favor, furthermore,...the limits or the jurisdiction of the United States. [Applause.] . . . . . . Resolved, That we approve and applaud the practical wisdom, the unselfish patriotism... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...to the Constitution, to be made by the people in conformity with its provisions, as shall termiuate and forever prohibit the existence of slavery within...the limits or the jurisdiction of the United States. Jlrstih-ril, That the thanks of the American people are due to the soldiers and sailors of the army... | |
| Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford, Frank J. Williams - History - 2006 - 180 pages
...that summer brought a presidential campaign, and Lincoln made "such amendment to the Constitution ... as shall terminate and forever prohibit the existence of slavery within . . . the United States" part of the Republican platform on which he ran. 90 Reelected by a wide margin in 1864,... | |
| Frank Van der Linden - History - 2007 - 332 pages
...and complete extirpation from the soil of the Republic. . . . "We are in favor, furthermore, of such amendment to the Constitution to be made by the people...prohibit the existence of slavery within the limits of the jurisdiction of the United States." In accepting his nomination, the president specifically... | |
| Peter Wallenstein - History - 2007 - 508 pages
...furthermore, of such an amendment to the Constitution, to be made by the people in conformity with the provisions, as shall terminate and forever prohibit...the limits or the jurisdiction of the United States. . , Scholars and buffs alike continue to argue about the roles that African Americans, men in particular,... | |
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