Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... Executive Chamber , and was subsequently introduced to the members of the Legislature in joint session , when he was formally welcomed by the Lieutenant - Governor , to whom Mr. Lincoln responded in these words : " It is true , as has ...
... Executive Chamber , and was subsequently introduced to the members of the Legislature in joint session , when he was formally welcomed by the Lieutenant - Governor , to whom Mr. Lincoln responded in these words : " It is true , as has ...
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... executive branch of the Govern- ment . They have conducted it through many perils , and generally with great success . Yet , with all this scope for precedent , I now enter upon the same task , for the brief con- stitutional term of ...
... executive branch of the Govern- ment . They have conducted it through many perils , and generally with great success . Yet , with all this scope for precedent , I now enter upon the same task , for the brief con- stitutional term of ...
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... Executive , as such , has nothing to do with it . His duty is to administer the present government as it came to his hands , and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ...
... Executive , as such , has nothing to do with it . His duty is to administer the present government as it came to his hands , and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ...
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... Executive intends to pursue towards the seceded States is extremely injurious to the industrial and commercial interests of the country , tends to keep up an ex- citement which is unfavorable to the adjustment of the pend- ing ...
... Executive intends to pursue towards the seceded States is extremely injurious to the industrial and commercial interests of the country , tends to keep up an ex- citement which is unfavorable to the adjustment of the pend- ing ...
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... Executives of Tennessee and North Carolina refused compliance ; and those States , together with Arkansas , went over to the " Confederacy . " How was the call for troops received by the rebel conclave at Montgomery ? They laughed . The ...
... Executives of Tennessee and North Carolina refused compliance ; and those States , together with Arkansas , went over to the " Confederacy . " How was the call for troops received by the rebel conclave at Montgomery ? They laughed . The ...
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