The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of MaineThayer & Eldridge, 1860 - 128 pages |
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... opposed to slavery , as the speeches inserted in these pages show , Mr. Lincoln would not be classed as a radical Republican . His opposition to the " peculiar institution seems rather to be based upon the politico - economical view of ...
... opposed to slavery , as the speeches inserted in these pages show , Mr. Lincoln would not be classed as a radical Republican . His opposition to the " peculiar institution seems rather to be based upon the politico - economical view of ...
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... opposed our soldiers who were fighting in the Mexican war . The judge did not make his charge very distinctly , but I can tell you what he can prove , by referring to the record . You remem- ber I was an old whig , and whenever the ...
... opposed our soldiers who were fighting in the Mexican war . The judge did not make his charge very distinctly , but I can tell you what he can prove , by referring to the record . You remem- ber I was an old whig , and whenever the ...
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... opposition existed to the administration on account thereof . The election as Speaker , by the House of Representatives , of Robert C. Winthrop , of Massachusetts , showed the President and Cab- inet to be in a minority in that branch ...
... opposition existed to the administration on account thereof . The election as Speaker , by the House of Representatives , of Robert C. Winthrop , of Massachusetts , showed the President and Cab- inet to be in a minority in that branch ...
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... opposition to the administration . The question of organizing a Territorial Government in Ore- gon , came up for discussion during the first session of this Congress . Mr. Calhoun desired to insert in the Oregon bill , his doctrine , of ...
... opposition to the administration . The question of organizing a Territorial Government in Ore- gon , came up for discussion during the first session of this Congress . Mr. Calhoun desired to insert in the Oregon bill , his doctrine , of ...
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... opposition members , " let us amend the bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the territory may exclude slavery . " " Not we , " said the friends of the measure ; and down they voted the amendment . While the Nebraska bill ...
... opposition members , " let us amend the bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the territory may exclude slavery . " " Not we , " said the friends of the measure ; and down they voted the amendment . While the Nebraska bill ...
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