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" I will venture to add that to me the convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others, not especially chosen for... "
The Life of Abraham Lincoln: From His Birth to His Inauguration as President - Page 535
by Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 547 pages
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The Church and the Rebellion: A Consideration of the Rebellion Against the ...

Robert Lodowick Stanton - History - 1864 - 592 pages
...proposition to amend the Constitution, President Lincoin referred in his Inaatruml Address, as follows: "I understand that a proposed amendment to the Constitution (which amendment, however, I have not wen) has passed Congress, to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with tin-...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others, not especially choaen for tbe purpose, and which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine

Great Britain - 1864 - 974 pages
...exceptional rules. . . . I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which imendroent, however, I have not seen — has passed Congress, to the effect that the KeJmal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of «tales, including that of...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...purpose, and which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse. I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution— which amendment, however, I have not seen—has passed Congress, to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with the...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States ...

Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...Convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject...such as they would wish either to accept or refuse. I underInusgural. Presi!leofa Duty. Serious iniury Imp.eu,il,lp. stand that a proposed amendment to the...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 690 pages
...convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to^briginate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject...which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse. I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment,...
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The Martyr's Monument: Being the Patriotism and Political Wisdom of Abraham ...

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...convention mode seems preferabtej in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject...Which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse. I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment,...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject...which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse. I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment,...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject...which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse. I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment,...
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The Life and Administration of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History ...

George Washington Bacon - Biography - 1865 - 206 pages
...convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject...which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse. I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment,...
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