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... friends who have sustained me with such singular steadfastness in the political con- flicts of the past , I respectfully dedicate this volume . It is compiled and published chiefly for them , and in memory of common struggles and ...
... friends who have sustained me with such singular steadfastness in the political con- flicts of the past , I respectfully dedicate this volume . It is compiled and published chiefly for them , and in memory of common struggles and ...
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... friends and allies ; but his con- science was disquieted at the idea of helping to make the owner of many slaves the ruler of the Republic . For a while , he remained neutral . But Anti - slavery was then assuming a political form under ...
... friends and allies ; but his con- science was disquieted at the idea of helping to make the owner of many slaves the ruler of the Republic . For a while , he remained neutral . But Anti - slavery was then assuming a political form under ...
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... friends and relatives , the mis- representations of political opponents , and the displeasure of former political associates . He was accused of being a general disorganizer of society ; of trying to promote bloody insurrections at the ...
... friends and relatives , the mis- representations of political opponents , and the displeasure of former political associates . He was accused of being a general disorganizer of society ; of trying to promote bloody insurrections at the ...
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... friends of freedom . He seized every opportunity to serve the good cause , whether by public addresses , or wayside conversation . In vain was he denounced , persecuted , and threatened with mob violence ; nothing could drive him from ...
... friends of freedom . He seized every opportunity to serve the good cause , whether by public addresses , or wayside conversation . In vain was he denounced , persecuted , and threatened with mob violence ; nothing could drive him from ...
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... friends or foes , if they place themselves in a position to impede the progress of Truth and Freedom . He seems to have chosen for his motto : " First be sure you are right , then go ahead . " And he has gone ahead , like a steam ...
... friends or foes , if they place themselves in a position to impede the progress of Truth and Freedom . He seems to have chosen for his motto : " First be sure you are right , then go ahead . " And he has gone ahead , like a steam ...
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Page 45 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God...
Page 226 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 177 - God give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands. Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking; Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 143 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 334 - That liberty, or freedom, consists in having an actual share in the appointment of those who frame the laws, and who are to be the guardians of every man's life, property, and peace ; for the all of one man is as dear to him as the all of another; and the poor man has an equal right, but more need, to have representatives in the legislature than the rich one.
Page 3 - ... for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference. The Almighty has no attribute which can take sides with us in such a contest.
Page 22 - the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States.
Page 226 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 12 - THE ABOLITION OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY is the greatest object of desire in these Colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state.
Page 162 - I lay this down as the law of nations. I say that the military authority takes for the time the place of all municipal institutions, and slavery among the rest ; and that, under that state of things, so far from its being true that the States where slavery exists have the exclusive management of the subject, not only the President of the United States but the commander of the army has power to order the universal emancipation of the slaves.