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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... secession . So far as she was concerned , secession was the steadily increasing growth of more than two generations . " And the dis- closures which have since been made , imperfect , comparatively , as they are , prove clearly that the ...
... secession . So far as she was concerned , secession was the steadily increasing growth of more than two generations . " And the dis- closures which have since been made , imperfect , comparatively , as they are , prove clearly that the ...
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... secession . Although the Legislatures of these seceding States had enjoined upon the conventions not to pass any act of secession without making its validity depend upon a popular ratification at the pools , in scarcely one of them was ...
... secession . Although the Legislatures of these seceding States had enjoined upon the conventions not to pass any act of secession without making its validity depend upon a popular ratification at the pools , in scarcely one of them was ...
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... secession , both at the North and in Europe , had strongly urged the injustice and impolicy of the war waged against the South , and had thrown upon it the imputation of being simply a struggle for dominion . In the following message ...
... secession , both at the North and in Europe , had strongly urged the injustice and impolicy of the war waged against the South , and had thrown upon it the imputation of being simply a struggle for dominion . In the following message ...
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