Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead and Company, 1896 - 371 pages |
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... slavery . He saw in it the great question of the time , upon which depended the perpetuity of the Union . Slavery had previously been patient under restriction , it had consented to the several compromises . Now it had sud- denly become ...
... slavery . He saw in it the great question of the time , upon which depended the perpetuity of the Union . Slavery had previously been patient under restriction , it had consented to the several compromises . Now it had sud- denly become ...
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... slavery with the adoption of the Federal Constitution , the commencement of its legislative history . The thoroughness of his investigations may be seen in his Cooper Institute speech in New York ( February , 1860 ) , wherein he traced ...
... slavery with the adoption of the Federal Constitution , the commencement of its legislative history . The thoroughness of his investigations may be seen in his Cooper Institute speech in New York ( February , 1860 ) , wherein he traced ...
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... slavery in the South , and their allies in the North , now claimed that slavery should be fostered and made a permanent institu- tion ; that property in slaves , like any other prop- erty , was entitled to be taken into any Territory of ...
... slavery in the South , and their allies in the North , now claimed that slavery should be fostered and made a permanent institu- tion ; that property in slaves , like any other prop- erty , was entitled to be taken into any Territory of ...
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... slavery in the different States . " They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power , under the Constitution , to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia , but that that power ought not to be exercised unless at ...
... slavery in the different States . " They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power , under the Constitution , to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia , but that that power ought not to be exercised unless at ...
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... slavery thereby go to the territory we now have , just so much will certainly happen by the election of Cass , and , in addition , a course of policy leading to new wars , new acquisitions of territory , and still further ex- tensions ...
... slavery thereby go to the territory we now have , just so much will certainly happen by the election of Cass , and , in addition , a course of policy leading to new wars , new acquisitions of territory , and still further ex- tensions ...
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