The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3Lincoln History Society, 1900 |
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... replied to the note he had received two days before from Mr. Seward , asking to be released from his promise to accept the portfolio of State . He could wait no longer . " I can't afford , " he said to Mr. Nicolay , his secretary , " to ...
... replied to the note he had received two days before from Mr. Seward , asking to be released from his promise to accept the portfolio of State . He could wait no longer . " I can't afford , " he said to Mr. Nicolay , his secretary , " to ...
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... of its grammar . Lieber replied : " You complain of the bad grammar of President Lin- coln's message . We have to look at other things , just now , than grammar . For aught I know , the last THE FIRST INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN 13.
... of its grammar . Lieber replied : " You complain of the bad grammar of President Lin- coln's message . We have to look at other things , just now , than grammar . For aught I know , the last THE FIRST INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN 13.
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... replied : On examination of the correspondence thus called for , I have , with the highest respect for the Senate , come to the conclusion that at the present moment the publication of it would be inexpedient . Three days later , March ...
... replied : On examination of the correspondence thus called for , I have , with the highest respect for the Senate , come to the conclusion that at the present moment the publication of it would be inexpedient . Three days later , March ...
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... replied that they would hang me , too , if they caught me with that message . " I do not wish to have you hung , " he replied ; " and if you think there is so much danger , I will not ask you to take it , although I am anxious to get it ...
... replied that they would hang me , too , if they caught me with that message . " I do not wish to have you hung , " he replied ; " and if you think there is so much danger , I will not ask you to take it , although I am anxious to get it ...
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... replied : EXECUTIVE MANSION , April 1 , 1861 . HON . W. H. SEWARD . My dear Sir : Since parting with you , I have been consid- ering your paper dated this day , and entitled " Some Thoughts for the President's Consideration . " The ...
... replied : EXECUTIVE MANSION , April 1 , 1861 . HON . W. H. SEWARD . My dear Sir : Since parting with you , I have been consid- ering your paper dated this day , and entitled " Some Thoughts for the President's Consideration . " The ...
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Page 11 - I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 118 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 14 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government...
Page 8 - I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper, ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Page 10 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people ? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
Page 141 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 8 - I, therefore, consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 118 - I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I " seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.
Page 54 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men...
Page 10 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time ; but no good object can be frustrated by it.