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... proper name . Papers so addressed will be found in Letters , Volumes VII , VIII , and IX of the pres- ent edition , entered under the names of the ad- dressees , which are arranged in alphabetical order . State papers relating to ...
... proper name . Papers so addressed will be found in Letters , Volumes VII , VIII , and IX of the pres- ent edition , entered under the names of the ad- dressees , which are arranged in alphabetical order . State papers relating to ...
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... proper place , but they shrivel at the touch of nature like stub- ble in the fire . The genius that sways a nation by its arbitrary will seems less august to us than that which multiplies and reinforces itself in the instincts and ...
... proper place , but they shrivel at the touch of nature like stub- ble in the fire . The genius that sways a nation by its arbitrary will seems less august to us than that which multiplies and reinforces itself in the instincts and ...
Page xxxiv
... proper enough for the private citizen to press his own convictions with all pos- sible force of argument and persuasion ; but the popular magistrate , whose judgment must be- come action , and whose action involves the whole country ...
... proper enough for the private citizen to press his own convictions with all pos- sible force of argument and persuasion ; but the popular magistrate , whose judgment must be- come action , and whose action involves the whole country ...
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... proper cases , according to his discre- tion , to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus , or , in other words , to arrest and detain , without resort to the ordinary processes and forms of law , such individuals as he might ...
... proper cases , according to his discre- tion , to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus , or , in other words , to arrest and detain , without resort to the ordinary processes and forms of law , such individuals as he might ...
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... proper ages within the regions where , apparently , all are willing to engage ; and the sum is less than a twenty - third part of the money value owned by the men who seem ready to devote the whole . A debt of $ 600,000,000 now is a ...
... proper ages within the regions where , apparently , all are willing to engage ; and the sum is less than a twenty - third part of the money value owned by the men who seem ready to devote the whole . A debt of $ 600,000,000 now is a ...
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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...