Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 2Century Company, 1894 - United States |
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... appointed Minister Resident at Sweden and Norway ; and I am willing to oblige him , if you see no objection . Your obedient servant , A. LINCOLN . March 14 , 1861. - LETTER TO SECRETARY SEWARD . HON . W. H. SEWARD . EXECUTIVE MANSION ...
... appointed Minister Resident at Sweden and Norway ; and I am willing to oblige him , if you see no objection . Your obedient servant , A. LINCOLN . March 14 , 1861. - LETTER TO SECRETARY SEWARD . HON . W. H. SEWARD . EXECUTIVE MANSION ...
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... appointed by this Conven- tion to wait upon the President of the United States , present to him this preamble and resolution , and respectfully ask him to communicate to this Convention the policy which the Federal Executive intends to ...
... appointed by this Conven- tion to wait upon the President of the United States , present to him this preamble and resolution , and respectfully ask him to communicate to this Convention the policy which the Federal Executive intends to ...
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... appointed ? Pennsylvania is well entitled to the place , and General C. thinks there is political reason for the appointment being made at once . Your obedient servant , A. LINCOLN . May 7 , 1861. - ORDER TO COLONEL ANDERSON . To all ...
... appointed ? Pennsylvania is well entitled to the place , and General C. thinks there is political reason for the appointment being made at once . Your obedient servant , A. LINCOLN . May 7 , 1861. - ORDER TO COLONEL ANDERSON . To all ...
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... appointed ? Mr. Adams is magnificently recommended ; but the great point in his favor is that Thurlow Weed and ... appoint him , -no matter how soon . Yours truly , A. LINCOLN . May 10 , 1861. - LETTER TO SECRETARY CHASE . EXECUTIVE ...
... appointed ? Mr. Adams is magnificently recommended ; but the great point in his favor is that Thurlow Weed and ... appoint him , -no matter how soon . Yours truly , A. LINCOLN . May 10 , 1861. - LETTER TO SECRETARY CHASE . EXECUTIVE ...
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... appointed post- master at Providence , Rhode Island ; and day before yesterday a gentleman urged the name of Thomas A. Doyle as being the man whom you would like to have appointed . I write this now to assure you that while your wishes ...
... appointed post- master at Providence , Rhode Island ; and day before yesterday a gentleman urged the name of Thomas A. Doyle as being the man whom you would like to have appointed . I write this now to assure you that while your wishes ...
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Page 663 - 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 278 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Page 289 - ... day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the states and parts of states, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 287 - 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.
Page 271 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 290 - ... above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 35 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts...
Page 229 - 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 save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Page 7 - One section of our country believes slavery is right and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.
Page 5 - 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.