Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 16P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 |
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Page 6562
... thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it , and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push ...
... thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it , and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push ...
Page 6567
... things will now appear less dark and mys- terious than they did when they were transpiring . The people were to be left " perfectly free , " " subject only to the Constitution . " What the Constitution had to do with it , outsiders ...
... things will now appear less dark and mys- terious than they did when they were transpiring . The people were to be left " perfectly free , " " subject only to the Constitution . " What the Constitution had to do with it , outsiders ...
Page 6568
... things look like the cautious patting and petting of a spirited horse preparatory to mounting him , when it is dreaded that he may give the rider a fall . And why the hasty after in- dorsement of the decision by the President and others ...
... things look like the cautious patting and petting of a spirited horse preparatory to mounting him , when it is dreaded that he may give the rider a fall . And why the hasty after in- dorsement of the decision by the President and others ...
Page 6586
... thing I see fit to notice is the fact that Judge Douglas alleges , after running through the history of the old Democratic and the old Whig parties , that Judge Trum- bull and myself made an arrangement in 1854 by which I was to have ...
... thing I see fit to notice is the fact that Judge Douglas alleges , after running through the history of the old Democratic and the old Whig parties , that Judge Trum- bull and myself made an arrangement in 1854 by which I was to have ...
Page 6587
... that when a man makes an affirma- tive charge he must offer some proof to show the truth of what he says . I certainly cannot introduce testimony to show the negative about things ; but I have a right to REPLY TO STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS 6587.
... that when a man makes an affirma- tive charge he must offer some proof to show the truth of what he says . I certainly cannot introduce testimony to show the negative about things ; but I have a right to REPLY TO STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS 6587.
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