Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Historical Society, Issue 16Illinois State Historical Society., 1913 - Illinois |
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... hope within a short time . A new edition of fifteen thou- sand copies of the Lincoln - Douglas Debate volume has been printed and distributed . The demand for this volume has been surprising and it has not abated . The history of ...
... hope within a short time . A new edition of fifteen thou- sand copies of the Lincoln - Douglas Debate volume has been printed and distributed . The demand for this volume has been surprising and it has not abated . The history of ...
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... hope , report on their activities . greater activity among the members of the committees . Very respectfully , I urge JESSIE PALMER WEBER , Secretary Illinois State Historical Society . REPORT OF TREASURER . May , 1910 to May , 12 ...
... hope , report on their activities . greater activity among the members of the committees . Very respectfully , I urge JESSIE PALMER WEBER , Secretary Illinois State Historical Society . REPORT OF TREASURER . May , 1910 to May , 12 ...
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... hope we shall always beat them . " The extract indicates that Sloo was strongly attached to the party of Jesse B. Thomas and that the " big folks , " that is Senator Edwards and his party , were openly arraigned against him . Calhoun ...
... hope we shall always beat them . " The extract indicates that Sloo was strongly attached to the party of Jesse B. Thomas and that the " big folks , " that is Senator Edwards and his party , were openly arraigned against him . Calhoun ...
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... hope it will increase his ability to pay his notes at the Branch . " " Political honors , must I think , be . cheap in Illinois , when the Law- givers , and the representatives of the Majority of the people , are com- posed of such ...
... hope it will increase his ability to pay his notes at the Branch . " " Political honors , must I think , be . cheap in Illinois , when the Law- givers , and the representatives of the Majority of the people , are com- posed of such ...
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... hope you will not fail to be here . We have extensive political arrangements to make . " The reference above is of course to the call for a convention . This was defeated by a popular , decisive majority which marked the redemp- tion of ...
... hope you will not fail to be here . We have extensive political arrangements to make . " The reference above is of course to the call for a convention . This was defeated by a popular , decisive majority which marked the redemp- tion of ...
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Page 81 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 87 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 71 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 15 - History of the first New Hampshire Regiment in the War of the Revolution.
Page 69 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 71 - The voice at midnight came; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 71 - There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore. There is no death!
Page 80 - 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?
Page 15 - The Siege of Charleston by the British fleet and army under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton, which terminated with the Surrender of that Place on the 12th of May, 1780.
Page 71 - For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.