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By the North I mean the civilization of the nineteenth century . I mean free speech , free types , open Bibles , the welcome rule of the majority - I mean the Declaration of Independence ! And by the South , I mean likewise a principle ...
By the North I mean the civilization of the nineteenth century . I mean free speech , free types , open Bibles , the welcome rule of the majority - I mean the Declaration of Independence ! And by the South , I mean likewise a principle ...
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... would be a better , healthier , and more wholesome cure , than to let the Republican Party exert this gradual influence through the power of the government for thirty or sixty years . ... That is what I mean by disunion .
... would be a better , healthier , and more wholesome cure , than to let the Republican Party exert this gradual influence through the power of the government for thirty or sixty years . ... That is what I mean by disunion .
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No , gentlemen , what we mean is this : the labor of yesterday , your capital , is protected sacredly . Not so the labor of today . The labor of yesterday gets twice the protection and twice the pay that the labor of today gets .
No , gentlemen , what we mean is this : the labor of yesterday , your capital , is protected sacredly . Not so the labor of today . The labor of yesterday gets twice the protection and twice the pay that the labor of today gets .
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