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The American Address
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The American Address

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by on Jun 28, 2015 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Evangelization, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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The 1857 Supreme Court Dred Scott decision said that Dred Scott, his wife, and their unborn child were not human beings, but were property to be bought and sold. Led by proslavery Chief Justice Roger Taney, the Court created a new national constitutional right to own slaves. Taney, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic, was […]

Head Crop, Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler, June 3, 1860, Springfield, Illinois
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Lincoln: His Own Words

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On the sesquicentenary of his death.

Detail from Fourth Page of Lincoln's Manuscript
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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

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by on Mar 04, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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The One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary

Mount Rushmore with American Flag Background
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Presidents Day Mea Culpa to Two Great Leaders

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by on Feb 17, 2014 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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We began to shrink from the dangerous blessing of liberty.

Abraham Lincoln on the Bible
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Abraham Lincoln on the Bible

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by on Feb 12, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Law & Justice
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Not an atheist, he.

Thanksgiving Day Among the Puritan Fathers in New England, Harper's Weekly, December 3, 1870
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Three Historic American Proclamations of Thanksgiving Day

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by on Nov 28, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, The Social Order
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Continental Congress, Pres. Washington, Pres. Lincoln

Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg (Bliss Copy)
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150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address

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by on Nov 19, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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Dedication Day 2013

Lincoln Presenting Emancipation Proclamation to His Cabinet
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Abraham Lincoln and Slavery

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by on Feb 18, 2013 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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He insisted for three decades that slavery was a moral evil.

Abraham Lincoln - Etching of Face - Photo November 8, 1863 - USPS Bicentennial Stamp
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Would Abraham Lincoln Be a Democrat Today?

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by on Feb 12, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, The Social Order
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Would America’s 16th president be a 21st-century Democrat?