A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln: Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: a History |
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... Secretary of War with distinction under the administrations of Presi- dents Garfield and Arthur , as well as that of minister to England under the administration of Presi dent Harrison , now resides in Chi- cago , Illinois . to Congress ...
... Secretary of War with distinction under the administrations of Presi- dents Garfield and Arthur , as well as that of minister to England under the administration of Presi dent Harrison , now resides in Chi- cago , Illinois . to Congress ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury : " Colonel E. D. Baker and myself are the only Whig members of Congress from Illinois - I of the Thirtieth , and he of the Thirty - first . We have reason to think the Whigs of that State hold us responsible ...
... Secretary of the Treasury : " Colonel E. D. Baker and myself are the only Whig members of Congress from Illinois - I of the Thirtieth , and he of the Thirty - first . We have reason to think the Whigs of that State hold us responsible ...
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... Secretary of State his first formal recommenda- tion . It is remarkable from the fact that between the two Whig applicants whose papers are transmitted , he says rather less in favor of his own choice than of the opposing claimant ...
... Secretary of State his first formal recommenda- tion . It is remarkable from the fact that between the two Whig applicants whose papers are transmitted , he says rather less in favor of his own choice than of the opposing claimant ...
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... Secretary of the Interior from an attack by one of Lincoln's warm per- sonal but indiscreet friends in the Illinois legislature . It was , however , a fortunate escape . In the four suc- ceeding years Mr. Lincoln qualified himself for ...
... Secretary of the Interior from an attack by one of Lincoln's warm per- sonal but indiscreet friends in the Illinois legislature . It was , however , a fortunate escape . In the four suc- ceeding years Mr. Lincoln qualified himself for ...
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... Secretary of War , that " rebellion must be crushed . " The future Confederate President little suspected the tremendous prophetic import of his order . The most significant illustration of the underlying spirit of the struggle was that ...
... Secretary of War , that " rebellion must be crushed . " The future Confederate President little suspected the tremendous prophetic import of his order . The most significant illustration of the underlying spirit of the struggle was that ...
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Page 323 - of the following joint resolution : "Resolved, that the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 344 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit:
Page 332 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or States wherein the constitutional authority of the United States shall not then be practically recognized, submitted to, and maintained, shall then, thenceforward, and forever be free.
Page 345 - 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 476 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere within any State with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State." Between Lincoln's inauguration and the outbreak of war, the Department of State
Page 122 - Can the people of a United States Territory in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 218 - This issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic or democracy—a government of the people by the same people—can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.'
Page 153 - recognize no political principles other than "the Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." Its candidates were John Bell of Tennessee for President, and Edward Everett of Massachusetts for Vice-President. In
Page 345 - Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terre- Bonne, I,afourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton,
Page 179 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him [Jefferson] and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially,