Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... called orations ; but this one scarcely deserved the name . He made no effort to be eloquent , and in no part of it was he more than ordinarily animated . It is true that he bestowed great praise upon Mr. Clay ; but it was bestowed in ...
... called orations ; but this one scarcely deserved the name . He made no effort to be eloquent , and in no part of it was he more than ordinarily animated . It is true that he bestowed great praise upon Mr. Clay ; but it was bestowed in ...
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... called session of the Illinois Legislature . Of the one hundred members composing the two branches of that body , about seventy were Demo- crats . These latter held a caucus , in which the Nebraska Bill was talked of , if not formally ...
... called session of the Illinois Legislature . Of the one hundred members composing the two branches of that body , about seventy were Demo- crats . These latter held a caucus , in which the Nebraska Bill was talked of , if not formally ...
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... called ' precedents ' and ' authorities . ' " We believe as much as Judge Douglas ( per- haps more ) in obedience to and respect for the judicial department of government . We think its decisions on constitutional questions , when fully ...
... called ' precedents ' and ' authorities . ' " We believe as much as Judge Douglas ( per- haps more ) in obedience to and respect for the judicial department of government . We think its decisions on constitutional questions , when fully ...
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... called sacred right of self - government , which latter phrase , though expressive of the only right- ful basis of any government , was so perverted in this attempted use of it , as to amount to just this : That if any one man choose to ...
... called sacred right of self - government , which latter phrase , though expressive of the only right- ful basis of any government , was so perverted in this attempted use of it , as to amount to just this : That if any one man choose to ...
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... called ' squatter sovereignty . ' - " Now , I wish you to mark , What has become of that squatter sovereignty ? What has become of it ? Can you get anybody to tell you now that the people of a Territory have any authority to gov- ern ...
... called ' squatter sovereignty . ' - " Now , I wish you to mark , What has become of that squatter sovereignty ? What has become of it ? Can you get anybody to tell you now that the people of a Territory have any authority to gov- ern ...
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Abraham Lincoln's Speeches Abraham Lincoln,L. E. (Lucius Eugene) 1824- Chittenden No preview available - 2016 |
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