The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places and Events, During Eight Years of Unparalleled American History |
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... whole Afternoon in Slave - hunting - Wounded in the back Arm a " little bit smashed " - No good till we came here " Sister , will you pray for me ? " - Death - bed con- fession of a Guerilla A benediction to his sweetheart -A Scare- A ...
... whole Afternoon in Slave - hunting - Wounded in the back Arm a " little bit smashed " - No good till we came here " Sister , will you pray for me ? " - Death - bed con- fession of a Guerilla A benediction to his sweetheart -A Scare- A ...
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... : " They think too much , such men are dangerous . ' " Not because he is a great soldier - deep as the debt of gratitude which the nation owes him- but because , during the whole of his career , he 30 GRANT AND PEACE .
... : " They think too much , such men are dangerous . ' " Not because he is a great soldier - deep as the debt of gratitude which the nation owes him- but because , during the whole of his career , he 30 GRANT AND PEACE .
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... whole of his career , he has man- ifested those civic virtues which inspire confidence , do we wish him our chief magistrate . Cheerfulness and prophetic hope when danger and disaster was thickest ; self command in the hour of immense ...
... whole of his career , he has man- ifested those civic virtues which inspire confidence , do we wish him our chief magistrate . Cheerfulness and prophetic hope when danger and disaster was thickest ; self command in the hour of immense ...
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... Whole in himself a common good ; The man of amplest influence , Yet clearest of ambition's crime . Our greatest , yet with least pretence ; Great in council , great in war ; The foremost captain in his time , Rich in saving common ...
... Whole in himself a common good ; The man of amplest influence , Yet clearest of ambition's crime . Our greatest , yet with least pretence ; Great in council , great in war ; The foremost captain in his time , Rich in saving common ...
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... whole responsible for the worst that any part presents . In the natural and just judgment of the Christian world , a nation which accommodated the laws of its free States to the selfish needs and demands of slave communities , was a ...
... whole responsible for the worst that any part presents . In the natural and just judgment of the Christian world , a nation which accommodated the laws of its free States to the selfish needs and demands of slave communities , was a ...
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Page 205 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 206 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 214 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 206 - 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, do on this...
Page 206 - States are, and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the Military and Naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them, that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
Page 207 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 206 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...
Page 206 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans. Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 205 - ... or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified...
Page 20 - On all leading questions agitating the public mind I will always express my views to Congress and urge them according to my judgment, and when I think it advisable will exercise the constitutional privilege of interposing a veto to defeat measures which I oppose; but all laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet my approval or not. I shall on all subjects have a policy to recommend, but none to enforce against the will of the people.