 While I have pen in hand allow me to say I have been perplexed some to understand why my name was placed on that committee. I was not consulted on the subject, nor was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks...  Publications - Page 278by Illinois State Historical Society - 1906Full view - About this book
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 536 pages
...was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks afterwards. I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...that of any member of the Republican party; but I had also supposed that the extent to i Their resolutions were radical for that day, but not so extreme... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 544 pages
...was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks afterwards. I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...that of any member of the Republican party ; but I had also supposed that the extent to i Their resolutions were radical the fugitive slave law ; to restrict... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks afterward. I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...have also supposed that the extent to which I feel axithorized to carry that opposition, practically, was not at all satisfactory to that party. The leading... | |
 | Edwin Erle Sparks - United States - 1901 - 438 pages
...Republicans." objected to his name being added later to the call for a Republican state convention. " I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...practically, was not at all satisfactory to that party." He was satisfied later, and became an active member of the party. In its national convention in 1856,... | |
 | Robert Henry Browne - United States - 1901 - 598 pages
...was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks afterward. I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...that of any member of the Republican party, but I had also supposed that the extent to which I feel authorized to carry that opposition practically was... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907 - 738 pages
...was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks afterward. I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...leading men who organized that party were present on the 4th of October at the discussion between Douglas and myself at Springfield, and had full opportunity... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 332 pages
...was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks afterward. I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...leading men who organized that party were present on the 4th of October at the discussion between Douglas and myself at Springfield, and had full opportunity... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1907 - 338 pages
...was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks afterward. I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...leading men who organized that party were present on the 4th of October at the discussion between Douglas and myself at Springfield, and had full opportunity... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Presidents - 1925 - 586 pages
...was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks afterward. I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...leading men who organized that party were present on the 4th of October at the discussion between Douglas and myself in Springfield, and had full opportunity... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1927 - 474 pages
...was I apprised of the appointment until I discovered it by accident two or three weeks afterward. I suppose my opposition to the principle of slavery...leading men who organized that party were present on the 4th of October at the discussion between Douglas and myself at Springfield, and had full opportunity... | |
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