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1. "Speech of Daniel Webster, in Reply to Mr. Hayne, of South Carolina." · Duke University Library Exhi

   https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/lincoln/item/12182

   Description: The provisions of the Whig Party’s American System highlighted tensions between those who believed in states’ rights and (...)

2. "Speech of Henry Clay, In Defence of the American System." · Duke University Library Exhibits

   https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/lincoln/item/12181

   Description: Lincoln idolized U.S. Senator Henry Clay (Whig Party, Kentucky) and supported his ideas for economic modernization, which (...)

3. General Taylor and the Wilmot Proviso. · Duke University Library Exhibits

   https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/lincoln/item/12184

   Lincoln fell in line with the Whig Party, condemning the rationale for the Mexican-American War and endorsing the Wilmot Proviso, which (...)

4. Reports from the Joint Select Committee to Enquire into The Condition Of The State Bank Of Illinois.

   https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/lincoln/item/12180

   By 1836, Lincoln was an acknowledged leader within the Whig Party. He was a member of the younger generation of Whigs who sought to (...)

5. Lincoln's 19th Century · "To Stand by the Side of Freedom" - Abraham Lincoln and 19th Century Americ

   https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/lincoln/lincolns-19th-century

   Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party In 1854, the growing divide over slavery fractured the Whig Party. The new Republican Party (...)

6. William Henry Harrison and Reform? - Duke University Libraries Blogs

   https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2015/11/02/william-henry-harrison-and-reform/

   Jackson’s Democratic successor, Van Buren, was unable to correct the economic course and prices for important agricultural export products like (...)