Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 2Century Company, 1894 - United States |
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... position , is running a brilliant career , and is sure of a bright future in any event ; with Smith , it is now or never . " I considered either abundantly competent , and decided on the ground I have stated . I now have to beg that you ...
... position , is running a brilliant career , and is sure of a bright future in any event ; with Smith , it is now or never . " I considered either abundantly competent , and decided on the ground I have stated . I now have to beg that you ...
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... position on the soil of the seceding States . I would not provoke war in any way now . would resort to force to protect the collection of the revenue , because this is a necessary as well as a legitimate minor object . Even then it ...
... position on the soil of the seceding States . I would not provoke war in any way now . would resort to force to protect the collection of the revenue , because this is a necessary as well as a legitimate minor object . Even then it ...
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... positions are not elaborately defended now , because to vin- dicate them would imply a possibility of our waiving them ... position she will hold when she shall have forever lost the sympathies and the affections of the only nation on ...
... positions are not elaborately defended now , because to vin- dicate them would imply a possibility of our waiving them ... position she will hold when she shall have forever lost the sympathies and the affections of the only nation on ...
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... position that secession is consistent with the Constitution - is lawful and peaceful . It is not contended that there is any express law for it ; and nothing should ever be im- plied as law which leads to unjust or absurd consequences ...
... position that secession is consistent with the Constitution - is lawful and peaceful . It is not contended that there is any express law for it ; and nothing should ever be im- plied as law which leads to unjust or absurd consequences ...
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... position must have to be successful . His cardinal mistake is that he isolates himself and allows nobody to see him , and by which he does not know what is going on in the very matter he is dealing with . He needs to have by his side a ...
... position must have to be successful . His cardinal mistake is that he isolates himself and allows nobody to see him , and by which he does not know what is going on in the very matter he is dealing with . He needs to have by his side a ...
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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.