Early Speeches: Springfield Speech, Cooper Union Speech, Inaugural Addresses, Gettysburg Address, Selected Letters, Lincoln's Lost SpeechDoubleday, Page, 1902 - 167 pages |
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... better than that of many of his contemporaries . The famous Lost Speech " of May 29 , 1856 , has been reprinted in the Appendix . As it does not present Lincoln's exact language throughout , it could scarcely be placed with the other ...
... better than that of many of his contemporaries . The famous Lost Speech " of May 29 , 1856 , has been reprinted in the Appendix . As it does not present Lincoln's exact language throughout , it could scarcely be placed with the other ...
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... better than the condition of British sub- jects ; but no , it only meant that we should be equal to them in their own oppressed and un- equal condition . According to that , it gave no promise that , having kicked off the king and lords ...
... better than the condition of British sub- jects ; but no , it only meant that we should be equal to them in their own oppressed and un- equal condition . According to that , it gave no promise that , having kicked off the king and lords ...
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... wisdom in the highest sense . ] Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Con- vention : If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could better 66 judge what to do , and how to do 23 Springfield Speech ...
... wisdom in the highest sense . ] Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Con- vention : If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could better 66 judge what to do , and how to do 23 Springfield Speech ...
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... better than a dead lion . " Judge Douglas , if not a dead lion for this work , is at least a caged and toothless one . How can he oppose the advances of slavery ? He don't care anything about it . His avowed mission is im- pressing the ...
... better than a dead lion . " Judge Douglas , if not a dead lion for this work , is at least a caged and toothless one . How can he oppose the advances of slavery ? He don't care anything about it . His avowed mission is im- pressing the ...
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... better , than we do now . 99 I fully indorse this , and I adopt it as a text for this discourse . I so adopt it because it fur- nishes a precise and an agreed starting - point for a discussion between Republicans and that wing of the ...
... better , than we do now . 99 I fully indorse this , and I adopt it as a text for this discourse . I so adopt it because it fur- nishes a precise and an agreed starting - point for a discussion between Republicans and that wing of the ...
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Page 24 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 104 - 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. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.
Page 90 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 76 - ... of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend ; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any state or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 105 - 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...
Page 80 - 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 25 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 84 - Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism...
Page 52 - Our fathers, when they framed the government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now" I fully indorse this, and I adopt it as a text for this discourse.
Page 93 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.