Abraham Lincoln and Constitutional Government, Volumes 1-2Ouseley, 1916 - Constitutions |
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... the judicial power . 182 Lincoln and the Dred Scott decision .. 186 The " grandfather clause " . 187 Cabinet officers and Congress . 189 Power of the executive .. 192 The referendum .. The Civil Code of Switzerland .. Stability xiv ...
... the judicial power . 182 Lincoln and the Dred Scott decision .. 186 The " grandfather clause " . 187 Cabinet officers and Congress . 189 Power of the executive .. 192 The referendum .. The Civil Code of Switzerland .. Stability xiv ...
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... decision of the Supreme Court and was not afraid to arraign Chief Justice Taney before the bar of public opinion . He said , " the sacredness that Judge Douglas throws around this decision is a degree of sacredness that has never been ...
... decision of the Supreme Court and was not afraid to arraign Chief Justice Taney before the bar of public opinion . He said , " the sacredness that Judge Douglas throws around this decision is a degree of sacredness that has never been ...
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... decisions , " as follows : " The right and province of expounding the Constitution and construing the law is vested in the judiciary established by the Constitution . " - ( Chicago Record - Herald , 1913. ) CHAPTER IV . SECESSION CABAL ...
... decisions , " as follows : " The right and province of expounding the Constitution and construing the law is vested in the judiciary established by the Constitution . " - ( Chicago Record - Herald , 1913. ) CHAPTER IV . SECESSION CABAL ...
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... decision , but more admirable still , is the benignant and charitable spirit with which he overlooked and excused the vanity and petulance which so frequently produced them . " The manner in which he overlooked and forgave the continual ...
... decision , but more admirable still , is the benignant and charitable spirit with which he overlooked and excused the vanity and petulance which so frequently produced them . " The manner in which he overlooked and forgave the continual ...
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... decision , " The Constitution recognizes no difference between such property ( meaning slaves ) , and any other property . " This is not the spirit of the United States Constitution nor did it agree with Abraham Lincoln's opinion , or ...
... decision , " The Constitution recognizes no difference between such property ( meaning slaves ) , and any other property . " This is not the spirit of the United States Constitution nor did it agree with Abraham Lincoln's opinion , or ...
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Page 185 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 173 - Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.
Page 115 - ... the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the states and parts of states wherein the people...
Page 232 - ... vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Page 185 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 92 - The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party; and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.
Page 70 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.
Page 72 - Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Page 121 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 115 - Now therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-inchief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...