Abraham Lincoln: The Evolution of His Emancipation Policy, an Address Delivered Before the Chicago Historical Society, February 27, 1906 |
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... they indicate a conscientious and consistent adherence to the same principles . When circumstances required a change of policy , he had the courage to make it . This never im- 110 plied a backward step , but every change indicated progress.
... they indicate a conscientious and consistent adherence to the same principles . When circumstances required a change of policy , he had the courage to make it . This never im- 110 plied a backward step , but every change indicated progress.
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... principles of civil liberty . Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it , in his love of justice . Repeal all compromises , repeal the Declaration of Independence , repeal all past history- you still ...
... principles of civil liberty . Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it , in his love of justice . Repeal all compromises , repeal the Declaration of Independence , repeal all past history- you still ...
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... principles actuating him were steadfast and unalterable . The one was progressive , vary- ing with the changing conditions and demands of the time ; the other fixed on the inexorable logic of facts and events . He had the courage to ...
... principles actuating him were steadfast and unalterable . The one was progressive , vary- ing with the changing conditions and demands of the time ; the other fixed on the inexorable logic of facts and events . He had the courage to ...
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... fidelity to principle , wrote : " How much wiser he was then all his people ! " His highest eulogy is to state what he was and what he did . In his public career personal and national history are so intimately blended 127.
... fidelity to principle , wrote : " How much wiser he was then all his people ! " His highest eulogy is to state what he was and what he did . In his public career personal and national history are so intimately blended 127.
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... principle of free government , inas- much as its victim was the choice of a majority of the nation for the office which he filled . He has fallen in the very hour of victory , when constitutional free government was being vindicated and ...
... principle of free government , inas- much as its victim was the choice of a majority of the nation for the office which he filled . He has fallen in the very hour of victory , when constitutional free government was being vindicated and ...
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Page 125 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said : " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 113 - 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 it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 123 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that "while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 124 - I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man, devised or expected. God alone can claim it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein new cause to attest and revere...
Page 117 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 113 - In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. '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.
Page 120 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it...
Page 112 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 120 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 121 - Do not misunderstand me because I have mentioned these objections. They indicate the difficulties that have thus far prevented my action in some such way as you desire. I have not decided against a proclamation of liberty to the slaves, but hold the matter under advisement ; and I can assure you that the subject is on my mind, by day and night, more than any other. Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do.