The Life and Administration of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, Speeches, Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., with a General View of His Policy as President of the United States, Embracing the Leading Events of the War. Also the European Press on His DeathReprinted, W. Abbatt, 1933 |
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... South Carolina initiated the Secession move- ment , when , in November , 1860 , that body passed an act summoning a State Convention to meet at Columbia on the 17th of the ensuing month . Francis W. Pickens , who was elected Governor on ...
... South Carolina initiated the Secession move- ment , when , in November , 1860 , that body passed an act summoning a State Convention to meet at Columbia on the 17th of the ensuing month . Francis W. Pickens , who was elected Governor on ...
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... South , and had thrown upon it the imputation of being simply a struggle for dominion . In the following message , from which we present a few extracts , Mr. Lincoln with his customary homely but invincible logic , refutes at once the ...
... South , and had thrown upon it the imputation of being simply a struggle for dominion . In the following message , from which we present a few extracts , Mr. Lincoln with his customary homely but invincible logic , refutes at once the ...
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... South is unworthy of pardon , a Southerner assassinates the ruler who on that very day was contending with his Cabinet for the policy of pardon to the South , and who must be succeeded by a man who , avowedly worshipping the people ...
... South is unworthy of pardon , a Southerner assassinates the ruler who on that very day was contending with his Cabinet for the policy of pardon to the South , and who must be succeeded by a man who , avowedly worshipping the people ...
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