 ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned,...  Journal of the Senate of New Hampshire - Page 48by New Hampshire. General Court. Senate - 1832Full view - About this book
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...safety and prosperity." Foreseeing the potential for dissension, Washington advised vigilance against "the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any...sacred ties which now link together the various parts." It was this mystical idea of popular government and democracy that propelled Abraham Lincoln to call... | |
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