Owen Lovejoy, Abolitionist in Congress, Volume 10Rutgers University Press, 1967 - 493 pages |
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Page 167
... Democratic Presi- dent and in a predominantly Democratic Congress , it was never- theless a sign of better things to come for the Republicans that Lovejoy and many other men like him were sent to occupy the opposition seats . The Democrats ...
... Democratic Presi- dent and in a predominantly Democratic Congress , it was never- theless a sign of better things to come for the Republicans that Lovejoy and many other men like him were sent to occupy the opposition seats . The Democrats ...
Page 256
... Democrats had stripped the bill down to a skeleton . Comparing the two parties ' approaches , Lovejoy said that the Republicans would give the settler a homestead upon any of the unoccupied public lands ; the Democrats would say , ' You ...
... Democrats had stripped the bill down to a skeleton . Comparing the two parties ' approaches , Lovejoy said that the Republicans would give the settler a homestead upon any of the unoccupied public lands ; the Democrats would say , ' You ...
Page 370
... Democrats to seventy - seven was cause for concern . The Democrats carried Illinois by a popu- lar vote of 136,662 to 120,116 . Of the state's fourteen congres- sional seats they took nine . Lovejoy was one of 370 OWEN LOVEJOY ...
... Democrats to seventy - seven was cause for concern . The Democrats carried Illinois by a popu- lar vote of 136,662 to 120,116 . Of the state's fourteen congres- sional seats they took nine . Lovejoy was one of 370 OWEN LOVEJOY ...
Contents
The Murder of Elijah P Lovejoy | 3 |
Was I to Bewray the Wanderer? | 25 |
Renovate the State1840 to 1844 | 52 |
Copyright | |
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