History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... Government , to withdraw from it because a man has been constitutionally elected , puts us in the wrong . We went into the election with this people . The result was different from what we wished ; but the election has been ...
... Government , to withdraw from it because a man has been constitutionally elected , puts us in the wrong . We went into the election with this people . The result was different from what we wished ; but the election has been ...
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... government built upon it was wrong - when the ' storm came and the wind blew , it fell . ' " Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid , its corner - stone rests upon the great truth that ...
... government built upon it was wrong - when the ' storm came and the wind blew , it fell . ' " Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid , its corner - stone rests upon the great truth that ...
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... Government had no right to make war on any State for the purpose of preventing it from seceding , and closed this portion of his Message by recommending an amendment of the Consti- tution which should explicitly recognize the right of ...
... Government had no right to make war on any State for the purpose of preventing it from seceding , and closed this portion of his Message by recommending an amendment of the Consti- tution which should explicitly recognize the right of ...
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... government property at Charleston to the authorities of South Carolina . The President replied on the 30th , reviewing the whole question - stating that in re- moving from Fort Moultrie Major Anderson acted solely on his own ...
... government property at Charleston to the authorities of South Carolina . The President replied on the 30th , reviewing the whole question - stating that in re- moving from Fort Moultrie Major Anderson acted solely on his own ...
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... Government ; that we were not sent here to destroy , but to sustain and harmonize the institutions of the country , and to see that equal justice is done to all parts of the same ; and finally , to perpetuate its existence on terms of ...
... Government ; that we were not sent here to destroy , but to sustain and harmonize the institutions of the country , and to see that equal justice is done to all parts of the same ; and finally , to perpetuate its existence on terms of ...
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