The Martyr's Monument: Being the Patriotism and Political Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Exhibited in His Speeches, Messages, Orders, and Proclamations, from the Presidential Canvass of 1860 Until His Assassination, April 14, 1865 ... |
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... question of slavery in the Territories or common landed possessions of the Union , adding , as a conclusive argument against such interference , that " our fathers when they framed the Government under which we live understood this question ...
... question of slavery in the Territories or common landed possessions of the Union , adding , as a conclusive argument against such interference , that " our fathers when they framed the Government under which we live understood this question ...
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... question which the text affirms they " understood just as well , and even better than we do now ; " and twenty - one of them - a clear majority of the whole " thirty- nine " —so acting upon it as to make them guilty of gross polit- ical ...
... question which the text affirms they " understood just as well , and even better than we do now ; " and twenty - one of them - a clear majority of the whole " thirty- nine " —so acting upon it as to make them guilty of gross polit- ical ...
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... question then agitating the country . After saying that the Re- publican party only asked that slavery should be marked as " the fathers " marked it , " as an evil not to be extended , but to be tolerated and protected only because of ...
... question then agitating the country . After saying that the Re- publican party only asked that slavery should be marked as " the fathers " marked it , " as an evil not to be extended , but to be tolerated and protected only because of ...
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... question of whether our principle , put in practice , would wrong your section ; and so meet us as if it were possible that something may be said on our side . Do you accept the chal- lenge ? No ! Then you really believe that the 6 THE ...
... question of whether our principle , put in practice , would wrong your section ; and so meet us as if it were possible that something may be said on our side . Do you accept the chal- lenge ? No ! Then you really believe that the 6 THE ...
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... question about which all true men do care — such as Union appeals beseeching true Union men to yield to Disunionists , reversing the divine rule , and calling , not the sinners , but the righteous to repentance — such as invoca- tions ...
... question about which all true men do care — such as Union appeals beseeching true Union men to yield to Disunionists , reversing the divine rule , and calling , not the sinners , but the righteous to repentance — such as invoca- tions ...
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