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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].

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Title
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024.

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Discussion in Illinois Legislature
Concerning Bill to Incorporate the Springfield and Alton Railroad Company1

February 6, 1841

Mr EDWARDS,2 from the committee on Internal Improvement, reported back the bill to incorporate the Springfield and Alton Rail Road company, with an amendment providing for the use of the State property.

The question being on ordering the bill to a third reading,

Mr. MUNSELL3 opposed the bill on the ground that the State property should not be given without conditions, to one section of the country more than another.

Mr LINCOLN replied, and shewed in substance that the State property would all be lost and go to ruin, if the principle be adopted that no one shall have any, for fear all shall not have some.

Annotation

[1]   Illinois State Register, February 19, 1841.

[2]   Cyrus Edwards of Madison County.

[3]   Leander Munsell of Edgar County.

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