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legislature
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Killing Lincoln
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- The Virginia legislature is about to convene in Richmond.†
p. 124.6legislature = a group, made up of government representatives, that has the power to create laws
- Now this "rebel legislature" will meet in the giant columned building designed by Thomas Jefferson, determined to rebuild the shattered state and return it to its former glory.†
p. 124.7
- Lincoln himself urged the legislature to convene during a visit to Richmond the previous week, saying that "the prominent and influential men of their respective counties should come together and undo their own work."†
p. 124.8
- He tells Lincoln that to "place such powers in the Virginia legislature would be giving away the scepter of the conqueror, that it would transfer the result of the victory of our arms to the very legislature which four years before said, 'give us war.'†
p. 124.9
- He tells Lincoln that to "place such powers in the Virginia legislature would be giving away the scepter of the conqueror, that it would transfer the result of the victory of our arms to the very legislature which four years before said, 'give us war.'†
p. 125.1
- He is reluctant to see the United States Army turned into an occupying force, policing the actions of legislatures throughout the South.†
p. 125.2 *legislatures = groups of government representatives that have the power to create laws
- Now Stanton paces before the couch where Lincoln reclines, compiling his detailed argument against allowing the Virginia legislature to meet.†
p. 126.5legislature = a group, made up of government representatives, that has the power to create laws
- He notes that the legislature has proven itself to be untrustworthy.†
p. 126.6
- He walks to the great oak desk near the window, where he silently composes a telegram withdrawing permission for the Virginia legislature to meet.†
p. 126.9
- He left the military soon afterward, first working as a hatter, then serving as assistant doorman for the Kansas state legislature.†
p. 293.3
- In 1887 he, too, was sent to an insane asylum, after brandishing a revolver in the legislature.†
p. 293.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(legislature) a group made up of government representatives (usually elected) that has the power to create laws
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)