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Page 155
They gave us a government with the power , in such times as these , of doing something that would save the helm of state in the hands of its citizens . [ Cheers . ] We could cede the Carolinas ; I have sometimes wished we could shovel ...
They gave us a government with the power , in such times as these , of doing something that would save the helm of state in the hands of its citizens . [ Cheers . ] We could cede the Carolinas ; I have sometimes wished we could shovel ...
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No government should ask of the South , which he has wasted , and the North , which he has murdered , such superabundant Christian patience as to tolerate in our streets the presence of a wretch whose hand upheld Libby Prison and ...
No government should ask of the South , which he has wasted , and the North , which he has murdered , such superabundant Christian patience as to tolerate in our streets the presence of a wretch whose hand upheld Libby Prison and ...
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God is not worshiped in temples builded with men's hands ; and when their tower lifted itself in proud beauty to the heavens , and varied stone and rich woods furnished a new shelter for the descendants of Eckley ...
God is not worshiped in temples builded with men's hands ; and when their tower lifted itself in proud beauty to the heavens , and varied stone and rich woods furnished a new shelter for the descendants of Eckley ...
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