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Page 187
... slavery , in the abstract , and on principle , but also into a warm accusation against me , as having attacked the system of domestic slavery now existing in the Southern States . For all this , there was not the slightest foundation ...
... slavery , in the abstract , and on principle , but also into a warm accusation against me , as having attacked the system of domestic slavery now existing in the Southern States . For all this , there was not the slightest foundation ...
Page 287
... slavery in the Northwestern Territory . The bill for this act was reported by one of the " thirty - nine , ” Thomas Fitzsim- mons , then a member of the House of Representatives from Penn- sylvania . It went through all its stages ...
... slavery in the Northwestern Territory . The bill for this act was reported by one of the " thirty - nine , ” Thomas Fitzsim- mons , then a member of the House of Representatives from Penn- sylvania . It went through all its stages ...
Page 290
... slavery in the federal territories . Thus the twenty - one acted ; and , as actions speak louder than words , so actions , under such responsi- bility , speak still louder . Two of the twenty - three voted against Congressional ...
... slavery in the federal territories . Thus the twenty - one acted ; and , as actions speak louder than words , so actions , under such responsi- bility , speak still louder . Two of the twenty - three voted against Congressional ...
Contents
The Study of Speeches | 1 |
WENDELL PHILLIPS PAGE | 9 |
Lincolns First Inaugural | 21 |
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