Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2Houghton, Mifflin, 1899 |
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... question was simply of the Union , and upon this issue no Northerner could safely differ from his neighbors . Only a few of the more cross - grained ones among the Abolitionists were contemptuously allowed to publish the selfishness of ...
... question was simply of the Union , and upon this issue no Northerner could safely differ from his neighbors . Only a few of the more cross - grained ones among the Abolitionists were contemptuously allowed to publish the selfishness of ...
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... question ; all knew that if the war was due to dis- union , disunion in turn was due to slavery . Unless some makeshift peace should be quickly patched up , this basic cause was absolutely sure to force recognition for itself ; a long ...
... question ; all knew that if the war was due to dis- union , disunion in turn was due to slavery . Unless some makeshift peace should be quickly patched up , this basic cause was absolutely sure to force recognition for itself ; a long ...
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... the slaves of any State or States free , " the propri- ety of exercising that power was a question which he reserved exclusively to himself . These words he fully made good . The whole country , wild EMANCIPATION AND POLITICS.
... the slaves of any State or States free , " the propri- ety of exercising that power was a question which he reserved exclusively to himself . These words he fully made good . The whole country , wild EMANCIPATION AND POLITICS.
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... question . In October , 1861 , he issued an order to General Sherman , then at Port Royal , authorizing him to employ negroes in any capacity which he might • • " deem most beneficial to the service . 8 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... question . In October , 1861 , he issued an order to General Sherman , then at Port Royal , authorizing him to employ negroes in any capacity which he might • • " deem most beneficial to the service . 8 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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... question . " He added more to the same purport . He then had his report printed , and sent copies , by mail , to many newspapers throughout the country , with permission to pub- lish it so soon as the telegraph should report the reading ...
... question . " He added more to the same purport . He then had his report printed , and sent copies , by mail , to many newspapers throughout the country , with permission to pub- lish it so soon as the telegraph should report the reading ...
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