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Page xxvi
... believed somewhat doubtfully that he was theirs , the Catholics hoped somewhat doubtfully that he would be theirs , and Henry himself turned aside remonstrance , advice , and curiosity alike with a jest or a proverb ( if a little high ...
... believed somewhat doubtfully that he was theirs , the Catholics hoped somewhat doubtfully that he would be theirs , and Henry himself turned aside remonstrance , advice , and curiosity alike with a jest or a proverb ( if a little high ...
Page xxxv
... believed in the possibility of conciliation , -Mr . Lincoln judged wisely , that , in laying down a policy in deference to one party , he should be giving to the other the very fulcrum for which their disloyalty had been waiting . It ...
... believed in the possibility of conciliation , -Mr . Lincoln judged wisely , that , in laying down a policy in deference to one party , he should be giving to the other the very fulcrum for which their disloyalty had been waiting . It ...
Page xxxviii
... believed it strong enough , not to overthrow the government , but to get possession of it ; for it becomes daily clearer that they used rebellion only as a means of revolution , and if they got revolution , though not in the shape they ...
... believed it strong enough , not to overthrow the government , but to get possession of it ; for it becomes daily clearer that they used rebellion only as a means of revolution , and if they got revolution , though not in the shape they ...
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... believed possible to keep the government on foot . On the 5th of March ( the present incum- bent's first full day in office ) , a letter of Major Anderson , commanding at Fort Sumter , writ- ten on the 28th of February and received at ...
... believed possible to keep the government on foot . On the 5th of March ( the present incum- bent's first full day in office ) , a letter of Major Anderson , commanding at Fort Sumter , writ- ten on the 28th of February and received at ...
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... believed , however , that to so abandon that position , under the circumstances , would be utterly ruinous ; that the necessity under which it was to be done would not be fully under- stood ; that by many it would be construed as a part ...
... believed , however , that to so abandon that position , under the circumstances , would be utterly ruinous ; that the necessity under which it was to be done would not be fully under- stood ; that by many it would be construed as a part ...
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Page 81 - 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 173 - 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 220 - 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 ; and that I will, in like manner.
Page xlvi - And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate.
Page 144 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 146 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief 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...
Page 69 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution...
Page 144 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Page 146 - ... 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 232 - Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery...