Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal HamlinW. A. Townsend & Company, 1860 - 390 էջ |
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... once more in the Field - Election of Trumbull to the Senate - Lincoln's Sacri- fices of personal Ambition - The Anti - Nebraska State Conven- tion - Formation of the Republican Party in Illinois ............ 66 CHAPTER VIII . Vote for ...
... once more in the Field - Election of Trumbull to the Senate - Lincoln's Sacri- fices of personal Ambition - The Anti - Nebraska State Conven- tion - Formation of the Republican Party in Illinois ............ 66 CHAPTER VIII . Vote for ...
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... once more , and the family abandoned the cabin which had been their home so long , and set out for Illinois . The emigrant company was made up of Thomas Lincoln's family , and the fami- lies of Mrs. Lincoln's two sons - in - law . Their ...
... once more , and the family abandoned the cabin which had been their home so long , and set out for Illinois . The emigrant company was made up of Thomas Lincoln's family , and the fami- lies of Mrs. Lincoln's two sons - in - law . Their ...
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... once took Lincoln into his employment . He was now about sending another flat - boat to New Orleans , and he engaged Lincoln , and the husband of one of Lincoln's step - sisters , together with their comrade , John Hanks , * to take ...
... once took Lincoln into his employment . He was now about sending another flat - boat to New Orleans , and he engaged Lincoln , and the husband of one of Lincoln's step - sisters , together with their comrade , John Hanks , * to take ...
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... once , the protectors and the scourge of the whole country - side , and must have been some such company as that of Brom Bones , in Sleepy Hollow , upon whom the " neighbors all looked with a mixture of awe , admiration , and good ...
... once , the protectors and the scourge of the whole country - side , and must have been some such company as that of Brom Bones , in Sleepy Hollow , upon whom the " neighbors all looked with a mixture of awe , admiration , and good ...
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... once ventured to speak slightingly of Lincoln in his presence . Afterward , Lincoln had an opportunity to make a full return to Armstrong for his friendship . A man had been killed in a riot at camp - meeting , in Menard county , and ...
... once ventured to speak slightingly of Lincoln in his presence . Afterward , Lincoln had an opportunity to make a full return to Armstrong for his friendship . A man had been killed in a riot at camp - meeting , in Menard county , and ...
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Էջ 347 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Էջ 100 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Էջ 239 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Էջ 243 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Էջ 216 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Էջ 217 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Էջ 181 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Էջ 202 - But you say you are conservative — eminently conservative — while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by "our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Էջ 189 - It is this : Does the proper division of local from Federal authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? " Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans the negative.
Էջ 194 - ... their oath to support the Constitution, would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again, George Washington, another of the "thirty-nine...