American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... , 1867-1868 . 154. Manager Benjamin Franklin Butler and William Maxwell Evarts : 485 Issue in the Impeachment of the President , 1868 . 489 155. Senator Henry Wilson : The Fifteenth Amendment , 1869 Reconstruction xvii.
... , 1867-1868 . 154. Manager Benjamin Franklin Butler and William Maxwell Evarts : 485 Issue in the Impeachment of the President , 1868 . 489 155. Senator Henry Wilson : The Fifteenth Amendment , 1869 Reconstruction xvii.
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... issue now presented is not whether slavery shall exist unmolested where it now is , but whether it shall be carried to new and distant regions , now free , where the footprint of a slave cannot be found . This , sir , is the issue ...
... issue now presented is not whether slavery shall exist unmolested where it now is , but whether it shall be carried to new and distant regions , now free , where the footprint of a slave cannot be found . This , sir , is the issue ...
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... issue this the question . The North has the right , and her repre- sentatives here have the power . . . . But the South contend , that in their emigration to this free territory , they have the right to take and hold slaves , the same ...
... issue this the question . The North has the right , and her repre- sentatives here have the power . . . . But the South contend , that in their emigration to this free territory , they have the right to take and hold slaves , the same ...
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... issue low moans as I came up , in a most distressing manner , show- ing intense agony ; and still others , unable to walk , seemed to brace themselves up on their legs to prevent falling , while here and there a poor ox , or horse ...
... issue low moans as I came up , in a most distressing manner , show- ing intense agony ; and still others , unable to walk , seemed to brace themselves up on their legs to prevent falling , while here and there a poor ox , or horse ...
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... issue between the two sections . The South asks for justice , simple justice , and less she ought not to take . She has no compromise to offer but the Constitution , and no concession or surrender to make . She has already surrendered ...
... issue between the two sections . The South asks for justice , simple justice , and less she ought not to take . She has no compromise to offer but the Constitution , and no concession or surrender to make . She has already surrendered ...
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