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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... position assigned to a State in the Union by the Constitution , for that is the bond we all recognize . That position , however , a State cannot carry out of the Union with it . I speak of that assumed primary right of a State to rule ...
... position assigned to a State in the Union by the Constitution , for that is the bond we all recognize . That position , however , a State cannot carry out of the Union with it . I speak of that assumed primary right of a State to rule ...
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... position of the Southern States at the feet of their victorious antagonists , the gigan- tic task of reconstruction which must be undertaken by the political leaders of the North , tend to exalt our estimate of the loss which the States ...
... position of the Southern States at the feet of their victorious antagonists , the gigan- tic task of reconstruction which must be undertaken by the political leaders of the North , tend to exalt our estimate of the loss which the States ...
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... position to which he was called : — " My friends , no one not in my position can appreciate the sad- ness I feel at this parting . To this people I owe all that I am . Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my ...
... position to which he was called : — " My friends , no one not in my position can appreciate the sad- ness I feel at this parting . To this people I owe all that I am . Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my ...
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