The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3Lincoln History Society, 1900 - Presidents |
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... matters of administration , about which there is no special excitement . Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States , that by the accession of a Republican Administration , their property , and their peace , and ...
... matters of administration , about which there is no special excitement . Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States , that by the accession of a Republican Administration , their property , and their peace , and ...
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... matter the new President could not have been called upon to decide , for all the issues between North and South were at that moment focused in the fate of Fort Sum- ter . A series of dramatic incidents had given the fort this peculiar ...
... matter the new President could not have been called upon to decide , for all the issues between North and South were at that moment focused in the fate of Fort Sum- ter . A series of dramatic incidents had given the fort this peculiar ...
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... matter stood when Mr. Lincoln on the morning of March 5 received Anderson's letter . What was to be done ? The garrison must not be allowed to starve ; but evidently 20,000 disciplined men could not be had to relieve it - the whole ...
... matter stood when Mr. Lincoln on the morning of March 5 received Anderson's letter . What was to be done ? The garrison must not be allowed to starve ; but evidently 20,000 disciplined men could not be had to relieve it - the whole ...
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... matter he stated later to Con- gress , in substantially the following words : To abandon that position , under the circumstances , would have been utterly ruinous ; the necessity under which it was done would not have been fully ...
... matter he stated later to Con- gress , in substantially the following words : To abandon that position , under the circumstances , would have been utterly ruinous ; the necessity under which it was done would not have been fully ...
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... matter on hand at the moment as vital as the relief of Sumter - how to prevent further ac- cessions to the Southern Confederacy . When he was in- augurated , seven of the slave - holding States had left the Union . In two others ...
... matter on hand at the moment as vital as the relief of Sumter - how to prevent further ac- cessions to the Southern Confederacy . When he was in- augurated , seven of the slave - holding States had left the Union . In two others ...
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Abraham Lincoln Administration appointment April Armory Square army asked battle believe Bull Run Burnside cabinet called Cameron camp campaign coln Colonel command compensated emancipation Confederacy Confederate Congress declared defeat Department desertion duty Emancipation Proclamation enemy evident facing force Fort Pickens Fort Sumter Frémont gave general-in-chief give Governor Grant Greeley Halleck hands headquarters Hooker inaugural issue July knew letter look March matter McClellan ment military Missouri morning never Nicolay night North once party peace Potomac President President's question radical re-enforce received regiment replied Republican Richmond save the Union Secretary Secretary of War seemed Senator sent Seward slavery slaves soldiers South Stanton Sumter Swett telegrams telegraph tell things thought tion told took Trent affair troops Vallandigham Virginia vote War Department Washington West White House wrote York York Tribune
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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.