Abraham Lincoln's Pen and Voice: Being a Complete Compilation of His Letters, Civil, Politival, and Military, Also His Public Addresses, Messages to Congress, Inaugurals and Others, as Well as Proclamations Upon Various Public Concerns ... |
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... convention , I shall , by your leave , consider more fully the resolutions of the convention , denominated the platform , and without any unneces- sary or unreasonable delay , report to you , Mr. Chair- man , in writing , not doubting ...
... convention , I shall , by your leave , consider more fully the resolutions of the convention , denominated the platform , and without any unneces- sary or unreasonable delay , report to you , Mr. Chair- man , in writing , not doubting ...
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... convention over which you presided , of which I am formally appraised in a letter of yourself and others acting as a committee of the convention for that pur- pose . The declaration of principles and sentiments which accompanies your ...
... convention over which you presided , of which I am formally appraised in a letter of yourself and others acting as a committee of the convention for that pur- pose . The declaration of principles and sentiments which accompanies your ...
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... convention of governors of which you speak seem desirous to know my views on the present aspect of things , tell them you judge from my speeches that I will be inflexible on the ter- ritorial question ; that I probably think either the ...
... convention of governors of which you speak seem desirous to know my views on the present aspect of things , tell them you judge from my speeches that I will be inflexible on the ter- ritorial question ; that I probably think either the ...
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... convention to remove any grievances complained of , or to give new guarantees for the permanence of vested rights , it is not mine to oppose . THE PRESIDENT ELECT TO THURLOW WEED . Springfield , Ill . , February 4 , 1861 . Dear Sir - I ...
... convention to remove any grievances complained of , or to give new guarantees for the permanence of vested rights , it is not mine to oppose . THE PRESIDENT ELECT TO THURLOW WEED . Springfield , Ill . , February 4 , 1861 . Dear Sir - I ...
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... convention mode seems preferable , in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves , instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others not especially chosen for the pur- pose , and ...
... convention mode seems preferable , in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves , instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others not especially chosen for the pur- pose , and ...
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Page 371 - 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 47 - 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 197 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 167 - 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. 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 371 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among...
Page 370 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
Page 289 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure.
Page 370 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 47 - ... maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of...
Page 290 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original...