It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. Abraham Lincoln and His Books - Page 60by William Eleazar Barton - 1920 - 108 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1916 - 880 pages
...libre qui soit au monde, je n'en excepte aucune république . . . " and that to this from Lincoln, "It has long been a grave question whether any government,...enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies ..." and thence to his speech at Gettysburg in 1863, and thence to Burke on the Colonies, to Milton... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...for, as he said, he was now too old to " care much about the mode of doing things." But one was this: "It has long been a grave question whether any Government...emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe test, and a Presidential election occurring in regular course during the rebellion... | |
| Illinois. Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction - Education - 1917 - 1004 pages
...most critical periods of the Civil War, he said, "It has long been a grave question whether any nation not too strong for the liberties of its people can...enough to maintain Its existence In great emergencies." Every school boy knows how the Atlantic seaboard was settled by little groups of people drawn thither... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...on the night of November 10th, by the various Lincoln and Johnson Clubs of the District, he said: " It has long been a grave question whether any Government,...emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe test, and a Presidential election occurring in a regular course during the rebellion,... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...of the District went to the White House to serenade the President, to whom he spoke as follows : — It has long been a grave question whether any Government,...emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe test, and a Presidential election occurring in a regular course during the rebellion,... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...on the night of November 10th, by the various Lincoln and Johnson Glubs of the District, he said : " It has long been a grave question whether any Government,...emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe test, and a Presidential election occurring in a regular course during the rebellion,... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...of the District went to the White House to serenade the President, to whom he spoke as follows : — It has long been a grave question whether any Government,...emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe test, and a Presidential election occurring in a regular course daring the rebellion,... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...serenade the President, to whom he spoke as follows :— It has long been a grave question whether'any Government, not too strong for the liberties of its...emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe test, and a Presidential election occurring in a regular course during the rebellion,... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...personal or even partisan triumph, he made the following memorable speech : FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS : It has long been a grave question whether any government...of its people can be strong enough to maintain its own existence in great emergencies. On this point the present Rebellion brought our Republic to a severe... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...personal or even partisan triumph, he made the following memorable speech : FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS : It has long been a grave question whether any government...of its people can be strong enough to maintain its own existence in great emergencies. On this point the present Rebellion brought our Republic to a severe... | |
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