 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1903 - 1082 pages
...his message to Congress on December 3, 1861, said : " There is not in necessity any such thing as a free, hired laborer being fixed to that condition...independent men, everywhere in these States, a few t years back in their . lives were hired laborers. The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1989 - 844 pages
...been said, the opponents of the "mud-sill" theory insist that there is not, of necessity, any such thing as the free hired laborer being fixed to that condition for life. There is demonstration for saying this. Many independent men, in this assembly, doubtless a few years... | |
 | 1864 - 193 pages
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The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land for himself, then labors on bis own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. 
