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bigram	frequency
united states	1354
judge douglas	629
executive mansion	474
war department	259
dear sir	237
let us	220
new york	180
dred scott	175
supreme court	162
general grant	141
popular sovereignty	138
abraham lincoln	137
scott decision	128
general mcclellan	111
missouri compromise	110
exclude slavery	106
slave states	100
nebraska bill	99
general halleck	94
years ago	91
slave trade	79
public mind	74
slave state	73
republican party	71
washington city	71
american people	71
civil war	69
general meade	68
city point	68
one hundred	67
obedient servant	66
slavery question	64
created equal	63
free states	61
ultimate extinction	60
white men	60
lecompton constitution	60
among us	59
great britain	58
general fremont	57
general government	57
general taylor	54
federal government	53
south carolina	52
new jersey	52
three years	52
just received	52
one another	51
judge trumbull	50
two years	50
henry clay	49
th day	49
free state	49
white man	48
general hooker	48
inaugural address	48
last night	47
new orleans	47
four years	46
state government	45
one man	45
general burnside	45
will find	45
will say	45
hereunto set	44
slavery agitation	44
fort monroe	43
public opinion	43
public lands	43
state constitution	43
habeas corpus	43
fugitive slave	42
secretary stanton	42
public safety	42
hundred thousand	42
will give	42
emancipation proclamation	42
national authority	42
white people	41
one thing	41
presidential election	41
new territories	40
senator douglas	40
two hundred	40
slave law	40
north carolina	40
last year	40
will make	39
general rosecrans	39
african slave	39
last session	39
just now	39
governor johnson	39
whole country	38
annual message	38
sacred right	38
will probably	37
general schofield	37
federal authority	36
general butler	36
federal territories	36
one thousand	36
constitutional right	35
brought forward	35
good faith	35
will take	35
general cass	35
fort sumter	35
general curtis	34
military service	34
union men	33
naval service	33
prohibit slavery	33
amongst us	32
new mexico	32
house divided	32
democratic party	32
general dix	32
every man	31
saint louis	31
five years	31
people thereof	31
whether slavery	31
know whether	31
squatter sovereignty	31
several states	31
southern states	30
per cent	30
eight hundred	30
good men	30
first place	30
almighty god	30
public sentiment	29
th instant	29
witness whereof	29
will come	29
lincoln telegram	29
public interest	29
half slave	28
general banks	28
shall go	28
thousand eight	28
will continue	28
human nature	28
general hunter	28
east tennessee	28
every one	28
half free	28
foreign slave	28
military force	27
white house	27
question whether	27
national constitution	27
thousand men	27
foreign nations	27
general jackson	27
public debt	26
may say	26
well known	26
tell us	26
general mcdowell	26
will see	26
governor curtin	26
will never	26
four hundred	26
one section	26
shall never	26
will now	26
first day	26
great deal	25
douglas says	25
much better	25
lord one	25
first time	25
national bank	25
three hundred	25
people will	25
horace greeley	25
state shall	25
least one	25
new england	25
actual presence	25
care whether	24
southern people	24
give us	24
anything else	24
state convention	24
hundred dollars	24
days ago	24
shall become	24
whole people	24
consider whether	24
fugitive slaves	24
five hundred	24
new territory	24
territorial legislature	24
set forth	23
states shall	23
different states	23
mexican war	23
duly received	23
wilmot proviso	23
st day	23
secretary seward	23
general schenck	23
common country	22
black races	22
slavery within	22
alike lawful	22
good deal	22
new state	22
rio grande	22
fiscal year	22
new states	22
perfectly free	22
will soon	22
will cease	22
tells us	22
hold slaves	22
long time	21
due time	21
will tell	21
new hampshire	21
van buren	21
free government	21
gradual emancipation	21
even though	21
free men	21
go back	21
ever since	20
present position	20
states senate	20
mind shall	20
general scott	20
fatal blow	20
shall rest	20
please tell	20
proper division	20
loyal citizens	20
original constitution	20
fifty years	20
large majority	20
last annual	20
say anything	20
military operations	20
constitutional power	20
now say	19
governor gamble	19
will become	19
say nothing	19
twelve thousand	19
year ago	19
internal improvements	19
states territory	19
front royal	19
plain people	19
general sherman	19
ever said	19
expressly affirmed	19
slavery will	19
years later	19
commercial intercourse	19
take care	19
see fit	19
public service	19
free people	19
domestic institutions	19
twenty years	19
compensated emancipation	19
will get	19
year ending	19
now read	19
will show	18
free colored	18
will try	18
john brown	18
circuit court	18
fortress monroe	18
interior region	18
get along	18
proper practical	18
one side	18
northwestern territory	18
shall come	18
old policy	18
testimony whereof	18
freed people	18
chief justice	18
one else	18
political equality	18
short time	18
joint resolution	18
man may	18
president lincoln	18
said states	18
please send	18
shall take	18
please answer	18
loyal people	18
unfriendly legislation	18
gives us	17
federal union	17
scott case	17
congressional globe	17
make known	17
one time	17
originally placed	17
two things	17
rebel army	17
major eckert	17
government will	17
endure permanently	17
national convention	17
military necessity	17
whig party	17
new countries	17
said state	17
hundred millions	17
lieutenant commanding	17
shall find	17
ere long	17
due regard	17
one hand	17
dear general	17
thought fit	17
young man	17
governor seymour	17
one way	17
living man	17
general assembly	17
abolish slavery	17
two days	17
illinois legislature	16
will push	16
one state	16
great length	16
nebraska doctrine	16
manassas junction	16
three days	16
nothing else	16
persons held	16
good thing	16
andrew johnson	16
one year	16
trumbull says	16
state constitutions	16
free negroes	16
free institutions	16
mansion washington	16
said act	16
old whig	16
may make	16
must say	16
army corps	16
general thomas	16
great principle	16
get rid	16
colored persons	16
navy department	16
new salem	16
ten years	16
three thousand	16
shall see	15
many times	15
states may	15
popular government	15
whole thing	15
never heard	15
court decision	15
whole nation	15
even better	15
first inaugural	15
god bless	15
much obliged	15
sangamon county	15
ask attention	15
second inaugural	15
world will	15
plainly enough	15
much less	15
another man	15
springfield speech	15
naval forces	15
organic law	15
every possible	15
president directs	15
whole subject	15
strong enough	15
never said	15
washington union	15
one party	15
will also	15
great body	15
put forth	15
june last	15
good reason	15
anything wrong	15
government shall	15
may seem	15
west virginia	15
constitutional obligations	15
san francisco	15
plainly written	15
five miles	15
must take	15
general john	15
new constitution	14
states will	14
fathers placed	14
border states	14
thirty years	14
black republicanism	14
conclusive evidence	14
man shall	14
slave clause	14
british subjects	14
gave us	14
shall receive	14
elective franchise	14
federal territory	14
general steele	14
say something	14
states constitution	14
will require	14
become alike	14
congress will	14
general buell	14
state militia	14
let every	14
may come	14
executive government	14
seven years	14
without giving	14
every way	14
general ord	14
shall try	14
lincoln said	14
without slavery	14
abolishing slavery	14
dividing local	14
fair chance	14
avowed object	14
legal right	14
second day	14
friend judge	14
think slavery	14
will go	14
may require	14
great applause	14
two weeks	13
states navy	13
political action	13
shall make	13
great political	13
practical relation	13
three times	13
hereby declare	13
brave men	13
great national	13
hired laborer	13
office department	13
anybody else	13
advocates will	13
first thing	13
probably will	13
fifth year	13
go forward	13
large number	13
police regulations	13
run away	13
respective states	13
martial law	13
proposed amendment	13
may hereafter	13
first one	13
national forces	13
may think	13
will ask	13
taken place	13
seceded states	13
foreign countries	13
large portion	13
dear speed	13
prohibiting slavery	13
will add	13
slave property	13
general pope	13
central idea	13
political institutions	13
rocky mountains	13
congressional prohibition	13
yesterday received	13
said port	13
dear william	13
confident promise	13
said anything	13
circuit courts	13
year since	13
will thank	13
zachary taylor	13
hundred days	13
will read	13
republican state	13
union cause	13
even now	12
present rebellion	12
never thought	12
colored troops	12
commanding general	12
indian affairs	12
colored people	12
something like	12
great many	12
laws thereof	12
may find	12
just cause	12
now far	12
ten days	12
country will	12
mississippi river	12
permanently half	12
joint debate	12
months ago	12
constantly augmented	12
line dividing	12
eighty dollars	12
pacific railroad	12
shall ever	12
good man	12
herewith transmitted	12
supreme law	12
national boundary	12
may see	12
political power	12
must make	12
four days	12
sangamon journal	12
present condition	12
great interior	12
good people	12
sincere thanks	12
may rightfully	12
american citizens	12
constitutional rights	12
slaves within	12
lower house	12
long pier	12
opinion whether	12
will yet	12
people may	12
different parts	12
will consider	12
great importance	12
western virginia	12
will venture	12
moral sense	12
may well	12
states military	12
two points	12
hannibal hamlin	12
expressly say	12
true intent	11
loyal state	11
men may	11
free man	11
now free	11
will prove	11
may take	11
one case	11
said rebellion	11
will bring	11
old ones	11
direct taxation	11
another thing	11
take slaves	11
resolutions passed	11
additional territory	11
ohio river	11
great man	11
slave code	11
never seen	11
six years	11
identical old	11
congress assembled	11
western boundary	11
foreign powers	11
public meeting	11
ten thousand	11
said district	11
enrolled militia	11
will arrest	11
excluding slavery	11
old friends	11
will surely	11
douglas will	11
will vote	11
will keep	11
good enough	11
still another	11
santa anna	11
three months	11
every state	11
several years	11
march last	11
will ever	11
cooper institute	11
shall remain	11
missouri line	11
hired laborers	11
lawful right	11
must continue	11
general rule	11
every day	11
port royal	11
fathers originally	11
one half	11
negro slavery	11
farewell address	11
justice taney	11
make slavery	11
opening speech	11
last winter	11
sufficient time	11
white laborers	11
twenty thousand	11
cordially recommend	11
rhode island	11
within said	11
satisfactory way	11
richmond papers	11
without due	11
chief magistrate	11
james river	11
made known	11
cumberland gap	11
constitutional question	11
slavery national	11
one day	11
mob law	11
safety may	10
headquarters army	10
will recognize	10
thirty thousand	10
states army	10
indispensable means	10
state authority	10
little thing	10
please accept	10
one will	10
us see	10
already said	10
years old	10
general foster	10
shall appear	10
black men	10
will neither	10
serious consideration	10
old states	10
slavery throughout	10
legislate slavery	10
part thereof	10
peace among	10
judge says	10
naval force	10
forever free	10
will answer	10
war rather	10
general george	10
maritime powers	10
will send	10
distant day	10
quite sure	10
safe conduct	10
may add	10
men everywhere	10
general orders	10
anything like	10
become citizens	10
every american	10
third man	10
disloyal citizens	10
time will	10
special attention	10
frank blair	10
three quarters	10
well know	10
may affect	10
now let	10
approved july	10
good old	10
moral lights	10
will readily	10
exceptions aforesaid	10
passed away	10
white labor	10
reserved sections	10
exist among	10
days since	10
new granada	10
slave insurrection	10
political parties	10
present state	10
whole world	10
general blair	10
lights around	10
democratic policy	10
around us	10
may concern	10
well knew	10
one great	10
war will	10
many men	10
whatever might	10
indispensable necessity	10
eight years	10
great men	10
well adapted	10
may deem	10
one place	10
union without	10
another way	10
shall continue	10
territorial government	10
may know	10
now exists	10
existing rebellion	10
two thousand	10
nationalize slavery	10
military commission	10
take effect	10
inalienable rights	10
government must	10
due process	10
per year	10
will appear	10
foreign states	10
thurlow weed	10
question just	10
republican form	10
new ones	10
everybody else	10
say now	10
introduce slavery	10
great task	10
malice toward	10
nebraska act	10
enough now	10
perfect equality	10
distinctly made	10
governor seward	10
carefully read	10
direct tax	10
one third	10
one occasion	9
given case	9
douglas thinks	9
order concerning	9
get votes	9
illinois came	9
come back	9
actual existence	9
general law	9
cranberry laws	9
free soil	9
black hawk	9
now think	9
decide whether	9
new government	9
future time	9
impassable wall	9
one word	9
thousand dollars	9
physical difference	9
another place	9
black soldiers	9
public affairs	9
douglas makes	9
administration will	9
legal obligation	9
john hay	9
governor andrew	9
blue ridge	9
taking time	9
per annum	9
moral question	9
moral right	9
last week	9
young men	9
either side	9
great civil	9
foreign nation	9
make war	9
joint commission	9
will save	9
living together	9
good citizens	9
state men	9
louisiana government	9
military emancipation	9
public speaking	9
just one	9
proclamation whereas	9
come forward	9
proclamation concerning	9
african descent	9
mistaken statement	9
logically say	9
may become	9
now repeat	9
large amount	9
us stand	9
state may	9
hawk war	9
general land	9
will stand	9
foreign country	9
high hope	9
bull run	9
civilized world	9
exceedingly glad	9
property without	9
years since	9
expressly declare	9
abraham baldwin	9
fair opportunity	9
free white	9
meet us	9
free territory	9
will state	9
governor bramlette	9
superior position	9
thomas jefferson	9
great interest	9
absolutely nothing	9
national policy	9
constitutional amendment	9
received yesterday	9
think differently	9
perfectly logical	9
important question	9
pass away	9
question recurs	9
best way	9
toward none	9
ever saw	9
slave country	9
naval officers	9
people shall	9
may believe	9
whole matter	9
point gained	9
men will	9
bank charter	9
short pier	9
let none	9
will receive	9
cincinnati platform	9
carefully excludes	9
long run	9
loyal states	9
one point	9
almost every	9
please give	9
next thing	9
fellow citizens	9
going back	9
republican organization	9
many good	9
many persons	9
every part	9
complete success	9
right side	9
states notes	9
peculiar circumstances	9
national union	9
speech made	9
crisis shall	9
will follow	9
new country	9
certain states	9
kansas shall	9
general question	9
eighty years	9
given us	9
great struggle	9
large part	9
better judge	9
thousand years	9
local institutions	9
states service	9
douglas said	9
antislavery men	8
assistant adjutant	8
please look	8
word liberty	8
oath prescribed	8
giving freedom	8
common object	8
next congress	8
like ours	8
congress entitled	8
human soul	8
day received	8
people now	8
civil liberty	8
eight thousand	8
taken together	8
actual freedom	8
shall get	8
ending june	8
hundred miles	8
stand firmly	8
major general	8
forty years	8
great confidence	8
states expressly	8
secretary chase	8
joyous return	8
reasonably satisfactory	8
god gives	8
following telegram	8
elected president	8
original principles	8
good many	8
joseph anderson	8
aliens make	8
common sense	8
vast future	8
word slave	8
great success	8
legal rights	8
whole state	8
states wherein	8
get together	8
nine fathers	8
good friends	8
make laws	8
federal control	8
next year	8
state governments	8
see slavery	8
came back	8
called forth	8
first quarter	8
now ask	8
must think	8
will allow	8
people anywhere	8
slavery wrong	8
respectfully ask	8
stands pledged	8
us strive	8
ipse dixit	8
certain sense	8
favorable consideration	8
last fall	8
simon cameron	8
national executive	8
important successes	8
including loans	8
may desire	8
general heintzelman	8
every case	8
colored man	8
wisely given	8
general sheridan	8
actual receipts	8
fifty thousand	8
public credit	8
highly resolve	8
last evening	8
free country	8
said nothing	8
general hurlbut	8
great responsibility	8
unrequited toil	8
jefferson davis	8
without paying	8
judge logan	8
herewith submitted	8
single man	8
five thousand	8
hereby authorized	8
without making	8
northern states	8
many years	8
popular opinion	8
much greater	8
save slavery	8
either party	8
may god	8
good temper	8
real difference	8
old man	8
proper time	8
reasonable time	8
slave constitution	8
must necessarily	8
mere force	8
thirteen states	8
religious liberty	8
make treaties	8
qualified voters	8
open question	8
thereof perfectly	8
white race	8
dead lion	8
great american	8
will secede	8
often said	8
well enough	8
person held	8
nebraska law	8
satisfactory evidence	8
affectionate farewell	8
express provisions	8
without war	8
union party	8
union may	8
makes might	8
already stated	8
limb must	8
civil administration	8
pennsylvania volunteers	8
judicial decisions	8
come together	8
another year	8
douglas say	8
may exclude	8
land office	8
black man	8
present government	8
equal footing	8
now living	8
national debt	8
south america	8
war continues	8
middle ground	8
political wrong	8
perfect social	8
bowling green	8
send us	8
particular case	8
gettysburg address	8
national house	8
colored men	8
congress approved	8
intelligent gentleman	8
fourth day	8
rock island	8
ask us	8
federal constitution	8
good news	8
will endure	8
annual joyous	8
still later	8
careful consideration	8
without restriction	8
presidential period	8
political friends	8
little rock	8
treaties easier	8
moral nature	8
enslave another	8
right makes	8
really think	8
manufactured just	8
take place	8
general franklin	8
great battle	8
properly forbade	8
government proper	8
former times	8
pension rolls	8
slave power	8
hereby proclaim	8
least possible	8
take possession	8
costa rica	8
please come	8
whole force	8
douglas made	8
governor morton	8
getting rid	8
among friends	8
successful appeal	8
union will	8
good time	8
men now	8
two principles	8
logical conclusion	8
great advantage	8
marshal general	8
division among	8
will grow	8
slavery men	8
however much	8
states senator	7
made without	7
enemy will	7
votes will	7
existing circumstances	7
may yet	7
nothing valuable	7
come within	7
states courts	7
negro slaves	7
every reason	7
military law	7
received last	7
whole union	7
general butterfield	7
will bear	7
look like	7
insurgent cause	7
ultimate emancipation	7
us consider	7
public money	7
without injury	7
naval officer	7
official oath	7
either case	7
eminently conservative	7
new troops	7
know anything	7
war measure	7
foreign affairs	7
late president	7
came forward	7
ever thought	7
please see	7
brought within	7
remaining part	7
social equality	7
one people	7
bring forward	7
two states	7
military governor	7
right established	7
among men	7
domestic slavery	7
general welfare	7
key west	7
years past	7
general officers	7
six thousand	7
full knowledge	7
states respectively	7
north american	7
abe lincoln	7
perfectly cured	7
judge campbell	7
now exist	7
considered whether	7
free choice	7
british government	7
authority thereof	7
high honor	7
confiscate property	7
thousand votes	7
new one	7
forever forbid	7
original nebraska	7
present insurrection	7
substantial dispute	7
places belonging	7
hired labourers	7
much longer	7
remind us	7
go beyond	7
following propositions	7
disturbing element	7
general principles	7
missouri question	7
days later	7
immense applause	7
democratic parties	7
following despatch	7
respective sections	7
fort pillow	7
existing government	7
ultimately revived	7
faithfully enforced	7
shall succeed	7
rebellion shall	7
general porter	7
must soon	7
whole population	7
wife may	7
first man	7
patriotic citizens	7
internal revenue	7
lincoln edited	7
free society	7
alternate sections	7
three fourths	7
now wish	7
fall back	7
fight always	7
general milroy	7
imperfectly supports	7
left perfectly	7
great majority	7
will meet	7
abundant harvests	7
always will	7
general burbridge	7
must cease	7
large party	7
every living	7
two races	7
must needs	7
national independence	7
god wills	7
perpetuate slavery	7
bad faith	7
new year	7
ask whether	7
state register	7
thrown around	7
historical facts	7
less inclined	7
get back	7
sincere friend	7
first congress	7
honest men	7
without much	7
southern part	7
circuit judges	7
partially surrendered	7
will support	7
twenty dollars	7
public law	7
state legislature	7
faithfully executed	7
conflict without	7
general sumner	7
will hereafter	7
greater length	7
old times	7
political evil	7
military telegraph	7
small matter	7
just god	7
believes slavery	7
constitutional provision	7
will proceed	7
either amicable	7
suspend execution	7
carl schurz	7
country believes	7
port hudson	7
two speeches	7
people imperfectly	7
will fight	7
various states	7
ever made	7
please ascertain	7
th june	7
peaceful way	7
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