The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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... turn , will ruin and divide them ; for a mi- nority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority re- fuses to be controlled by such a minority . For instance , why not any portion of a new confederacy , a year or two hence ...
... turn , will ruin and divide them ; for a mi- nority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority re- fuses to be controlled by such a minority . For instance , why not any portion of a new confederacy , a year or two hence ...
Page 33
... turn their decisions to political purposes . One sec- tion of our country believes slavery is right , and ought to be ex- tended ; while the other believes it is wrong , and ought not to be ex- tended ; and this is the only substantial ...
... turn their decisions to political purposes . One sec- tion of our country believes slavery is right , and ought to be ex- tended ; while the other believes it is wrong , and ought not to be ex- tended ; and this is the only substantial ...
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... Turning to Mr. Colfax , he said , " You are going with Mrs. Lincoln and me to the theatre , I hope . " But Mr. Colfax had other engagements , expecting to leave the city the next morning . He then said to Mr. Colfax , " Mr. Sumner has ...
... Turning to Mr. Colfax , he said , " You are going with Mrs. Lincoln and me to the theatre , I hope . " But Mr. Colfax had other engagements , expecting to leave the city the next morning . He then said to Mr. Colfax , " Mr. Sumner has ...
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... turn his face more than quarter front , as artists term it . His face was smooth , as I remember , with the exception of a moustache of moderate size , but of this I am not positive . He was dressed in a black coat , approximating to a ...
... turn his face more than quarter front , as artists term it . His face was smooth , as I remember , with the exception of a moustache of moderate size , but of this I am not positive . He was dressed in a black coat , approximating to a ...
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... turn of his disposition , free from every taint of affectation , puerile vanity , or parvenu insolence , conveyed a strong impression of worth , sense , and solidity , as well as goodness of heart . He never disclosed the slightest ...
... turn of his disposition , free from every taint of affectation , puerile vanity , or parvenu insolence , conveyed a strong impression of worth , sense , and solidity , as well as goodness of heart . He never disclosed the slightest ...
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Page 28 - Resolved, that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 51 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ;. to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan ; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 44 - ... that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 33 - They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends?
Page 44 - ... that the executive will on the first 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 32 - Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.
Page 46 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress, passed during the existing rebellion, with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 35 - By the frame of the Government under which we live this same people have wisely given their public servants but little power for mischief, and have with equal wisdom provided for the return of that little to their own hands at very short intervals. While the people retain their virtue and vigilance no Administration by any extreme of wickedness or folly can very seriously injure the Government in the short space of four years.
Page 37 - 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 32 - All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitution that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed -with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration.