Letters and Addresses of Abraham LincolnAdvertising matter: p. 391-399. |
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... Louisiana ; they are neither peculiar to the eternal snows of the former nor the burning suns of the latter ; they are not the creature of climate , neither are they confined to the slaveholding or the non- slaveholding States . Alike ...
... Louisiana ; they are neither peculiar to the eternal snows of the former nor the burning suns of the latter ; they are not the creature of climate , neither are they confined to the slaveholding or the non- slaveholding States . Alike ...
Page 235
... Louisiana - all intelligent people everywhere -know full well that I never had a wish to touch the foundations of their society , or any right of theirs . With perfect knowledge of this they forced a necessity upon me to send armies ...
... Louisiana - all intelligent people everywhere -know full well that I never had a wish to touch the foundations of their society , or any right of theirs . With perfect knowledge of this they forced a necessity upon me to send armies ...
Page 236
... Louisiana was adopted against the will of a majority of the people . This is prob- ably true , and in that fact may be found some instruction . Why did they allow the ordinance to go into effect ? Why did they not assert themselves ...
... Louisiana was adopted against the will of a majority of the people . This is prob- ably true , and in that fact may be found some instruction . Why did they allow the ordinance to go into effect ? Why did they not assert themselves ...
Page 237
... sacred passengers receive an acci- dental wound . Of course the rebellion will never be sup- pressed in Louisiana if the professed Union men there will neither help to do it nor permit the government to 237 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... sacred passengers receive an acci- dental wound . Of course the rebellion will never be sup- pressed in Louisiana if the professed Union men there will neither help to do it nor permit the government to 237 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 238
... Louisiana who wish protection to person and property have but to reach forth their hands and take it . Let them in good faith reinaugurate the national authority , and set up a State government conforming thereto under the Constitution ...
... Louisiana who wish protection to person and property have but to reach forth their hands and take it . Let them in good faith reinaugurate the national authority , and set up a State government conforming thereto under the Constitution ...
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