The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 5G.P. Putnam's sons, 1906 - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 |
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... Territorial Legislature to do everything else , and cannot au- thorize them to prohibit slavery . That is one of the things the court can decide , but can never give an intelligible reason for . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN . TO A ...
... Territorial Legislature to do everything else , and cannot au- thorize them to prohibit slavery . That is one of the things the court can decide , but can never give an intelligible reason for . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN . TO A ...
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... Territories from the baneful influence of human bondage , as the North- western Territories were sought to be preserved by the Ordinance of 1787 , and the Compromise Act of 1820. They will oppose , in all its length and breadth , the ...
... Territories from the baneful influence of human bondage , as the North- western Territories were sought to be preserved by the Ordinance of 1787 , and the Compromise Act of 1820. They will oppose , in all its length and breadth , the ...
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... Territory cannot prevent the establishment of slavery in their midst . I have stated what cannot be gainsaid , that the grounds upon which this decision is made are equally appli- cable to the free States as to the free Territories ...
... Territory cannot prevent the establishment of slavery in their midst . I have stated what cannot be gainsaid , that the grounds upon which this decision is made are equally appli- cable to the free States as to the free Territories ...
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... Territories when slavery is not present . In his Mendenhall speech Mr. Clay says : " Now as an abstract principle there is no doubt of the truth of that declaration ( all men created equal ) , and it is desirable , in the original ...
... Territories when slavery is not present . In his Mendenhall speech Mr. Clay says : " Now as an abstract principle there is no doubt of the truth of that declaration ( all men created equal ) , and it is desirable , in the original ...
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... Territories , and buying slaves in Africa , are identical things , identical rights or identical wrongs , and the argument which estab- lishes one will establish the other . Try a thousand years for a sound reason why Congress shall not ...
... Territories , and buying slaves in Africa , are identical things , identical rights or identical wrongs , and the argument which estab- lishes one will establish the other . Try a thousand years for a sound reason why Congress shall not ...
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Page 270 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." 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 285 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the Marshals by law...
Page 261 - 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 54 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 62 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 175 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 31 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.
Page 31 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 117 - ... to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn, in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.
Page 172 - It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great Confederacy shall be at peace, and in harmony one with another. Let us Republicans do our part to have it so. Even though much provoked, let us do nothing through passion and ill temper. Even though the Southern people will not so much as listen to us, let us calmly consider their demands, and yield to them if, in our deliberate view of our duty, we possibly can.