Abraham LincolnThis volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces- the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican State Convention Speech and the Emancipation Proclamation - but hundreds of lesser-known ones, including excerpts from the Lincoln-Douglas debates, letters to Grant, McClellan, Stanton and his wife, and various meditations, verses and fragments. |
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Page 356
... favor as four to one . There is nothing in precedent , therefore , which if its authority were admitted , ought to weigh in favor of the act before me . " I drop the quotations merely to remark that all there ever was , in the way of ...
... favor as four to one . There is nothing in precedent , therefore , which if its authority were admitted , ought to weigh in favor of the act before me . " I drop the quotations merely to remark that all there ever was , in the way of ...
Page 392
... favor of making war by the North upon the South for the extinction of slavery ; that I am also in favor of inviting , as he expresses it , the South to a war upon the North for the pur- pose of nationalizing slavery . Now , it is ...
... favor of making war by the North upon the South for the extinction of slavery ; that I am also in favor of inviting , as he expresses it , the South to a war upon the North for the pur- pose of nationalizing slavery . Now , it is ...
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... favor of making other people slaves . I am in favor of giving an opportunity to such white men to try it on for themselves . I will say one thing in regard to the negro being employed to fight for them . I do know he cannot fight and ...
... favor of making other people slaves . I am in favor of giving an opportunity to such white men to try it on for themselves . I will say one thing in regard to the negro being employed to fight for them . I do know he cannot fight and ...
Contents
Speech in the United States House | 27 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Copyright | |
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