Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... courts ; and the worse than savage mobs for the execu- tive ministers of justice . This disposition is awfully fearful in any community ; and that it now exists in ours , though grating to our feelings to admit , it would be a violation ...
... courts ; and the worse than savage mobs for the execu- tive ministers of justice . This disposition is awfully fearful in any community ; and that it now exists in ours , though grating to our feelings to admit , it would be a violation ...
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... courts of justice . And , in short , let it become the political religion of the nation . " Many great and good men , sufficiently quali- fied for any task they should undertake , may ever be found , whose ambition would aspire to ...
... courts of justice . And , in short , let it become the political religion of the nation . " Many great and good men , sufficiently quali- fied for any task they should undertake , may ever be found , whose ambition would aspire to ...
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... court North or South , every negro taken to Kansas is free ; yet in utter disregard of this in the spirit of violence merely — that beau- tiful Legislature gravely passes a law to hang any man who shall venture to inform a negro of his ...
... court North or South , every negro taken to Kansas is free ; yet in utter disregard of this in the spirit of violence merely — that beau- tiful Legislature gravely passes a law to hang any man who shall venture to inform a negro of his ...
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... courts ; and secondly , that Congress cannot pro- hibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court , — dividing differently on the different points . Judge Douglas does not dis- cuss the merits of the decision , and in ...
... courts ; and secondly , that Congress cannot pro- hibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court , — dividing differently on the different points . Judge Douglas does not dis- cuss the merits of the decision , and in ...
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... court that made it has often overruled its own decisions , and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this . We offer no resistance to it . " Judicial decisions are of greater or less au- thority ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 61.
... court that made it has often overruled its own decisions , and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this . We offer no resistance to it . " Judicial decisions are of greater or less au- thority ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 61.
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Abraham Lincoln's Speeches Abraham Lincoln,L. E. (Lucius Eugene) 1824- Chittenden No preview available - 2016 |
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