The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: Ed. by Arthur Brooks Lapsley, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, Together with The Essay on Lincoln, by Carl Schurz, The Address on Lincoln, by Joseph H. Choate and The Life of Lincoln, by Noah Brooks, Volume 4G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923 - Presidents |
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Page 125
... Lanphier , editor of the State Register , and Thomas L. Harris , member of Congress in that district , and he promised in that speech that when he went to Spring- field he would investigate the matter . Since then Judge Douglas has been ...
... Lanphier , editor of the State Register , and Thomas L. Harris , member of Congress in that district , and he promised in that speech that when he went to Spring- field he would investigate the matter . Since then Judge Douglas has been ...
Page 126
... Lanphier then , as now , was the editor of the Register , so that there seems to be but little room for his escape . But then it is to be borne in mind that Lanphier had less interest in the object of that forgery than either of the ...
... Lanphier then , as now , was the editor of the Register , so that there seems to be but little room for his escape . But then it is to be borne in mind that Lanphier had less interest in the object of that forgery than either of the ...
Page 127
... Lanphier , who must have known it to be a fraud from the beginning . He , Lanphier , and Harris are just as cosey now and just as active in the concoction of new schemes as they were before the general discovery of this fraud . Now ...
... Lanphier , who must have known it to be a fraud from the beginning . He , Lanphier , and Harris are just as cosey now and just as active in the concoction of new schemes as they were before the general discovery of this fraud . Now ...
Page 128
... Lanphier then , as now , was the editor of that paper . Lanphier knows . Lanphier cannot be ignorant of how and by whom it was originally concocted . Can he be induced to tell , or , if he has told , can Judge Douglas be induced to tell ...
... Lanphier then , as now , was the editor of that paper . Lanphier knows . Lanphier cannot be ignorant of how and by whom it was originally concocted . Can he be induced to tell , or , if he has told , can Judge Douglas be induced to tell ...
Page 143
... Lanphier , Mr. Harris , and myself to perpetrate a forgery . Now , bear in mind that he does not deny that these resolutions were adopted in a majority of all the Republican counties of this State in that year ; he does not deny that ...
... Lanphier , Mr. Harris , and myself to perpetrate a forgery . Now , bear in mind that he does not deny that these resolutions were adopted in a majority of all the Republican counties of this State in that year ; he does not deny that ...
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Page 2 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people...
Page 262 - They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time ; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings.
Page 129 - Now, as we have already said in an earlier part of this opinion, upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 182 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people...
Page 1 - I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; [Applause.] that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races...
Page 156 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.
Page 206 - Has it not got down as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death?
Page 239 - I understand to be the real issue of this controversy between Judge Douglas and myself. On the point of my wanting to make war between the free and the slave States, there has been no issue between us. So, too, when he assumes that I am in favor of introducing a perfect social and political equality between the white and black races.
Page 107 - I believe it was made by white men. for the benefit of white men and their posterity forever...
Page 241 - ... country, and it will be a matter of great astonishment to me if they shall be able to find that one human being three years ago had ever uttered the astounding sentiment that the term "all men" in the Declaration did not include the negro.