History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: 1800-1880 |
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... honor would cause you to despise the man who should attempt to deceive you . In the sincerity of a sol- dier and the language of truth I address you . " To every noble - hearted , generous freeman of color , volunteering to serve during ...
... honor would cause you to despise the man who should attempt to deceive you . In the sincerity of a sol- dier and the language of truth I address you . " To every noble - hearted , generous freeman of color , volunteering to serve during ...
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... honored with your letters of the twenty- third and twenty - sixth ultimo , and notice your anxiety for men and officers . I am equally anxious to furnish you ; and no time shall be lost in sending officers and men to you as soon as the ...
... honored with your letters of the twenty- third and twenty - sixth ultimo , and notice your anxiety for men and officers . I am equally anxious to furnish you ; and no time shall be lost in sending officers and men to you as soon as the ...
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... honor to a more permanent service . . . The name of one of my poor fellows who was killed ought to be registered in the book of fame , and remembered with reverence as long as bravery is considered a virtue . He was a black man , by the ...
... honor to a more permanent service . . . The name of one of my poor fellows who was killed ought to be registered in the book of fame , and remembered with reverence as long as bravery is considered a virtue . He was a black man , by the ...
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... honored anti - slavery sentiment combined all that was good in brain , heart , and civilization , and hurled itself ... honor " they were whom the dear Lord chose " to proclaim liberty to the captives , and the opening of the prison to ...
... honored anti - slavery sentiment combined all that was good in brain , heart , and civilization , and hurled itself ... honor " they were whom the dear Lord chose " to proclaim liberty to the captives , and the opening of the prison to ...
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... honor and respect its law- makers and law - givers ; and , through all , let us not forget to respect ourselves . " During the deliberations of this Convention , we had the favor of advising and consulting with some of our most eminent ...
... honor and respect its law- makers and law - givers ; and , through all , let us not forget to respect ourselves . " During the deliberations of this Convention , we had the favor of advising and consulting with some of our most eminent ...
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Page 318 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 232 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push...
Page 273 - Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three...
Page 33 - I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference ! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Page 273 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 268 - An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.
Page 275 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 242 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country.
Page 20 - State are unable to protect or from any cause fail in or refuse protection of the people in such rights, such facts shall be deemed a denial by such State of the equal protection of the laws to which they are entitled under the Constitution of the United States...
Page 421 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...