Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: State papers, 1861-1865Current literature publishing Company, 1907 |
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... Suppress Slave Trade . June 10 , 1862 Message to the House of Representatives on Relations with the Rival Governments of New Granada . January 14 , 1863 Proclamation of Retaliation for Refusal of Port Privileges to American War Vessels ...
... Suppress Slave Trade . June 10 , 1862 Message to the House of Representatives on Relations with the Rival Governments of New Granada . January 14 , 1863 Proclamation of Retaliation for Refusal of Port Privileges to American War Vessels ...
Page xxxvii
... suppress rebellion is the first duty of government . All the evils that have come upon the country have been attributed to the Abolitionists , though it is hard to see how any party can become per- manently powerful except in one of two ...
... suppress rebellion is the first duty of government . All the evils that have come upon the country have been attributed to the Abolitionists , though it is hard to see how any party can become per- manently powerful except in one of two ...
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... suppress a rebellion ; that ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets ; and that when ballots have ... suppressed , the executive deems it proper to say it will be his purpose then , as ever , to be guided by the ...
... suppress a rebellion ; that ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets ; and that when ballots have ... suppressed , the executive deems it proper to say it will be his purpose then , as ever , to be guided by the ...
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... suppression , in many places , of all the ordinary means of ad- ministering civil justice by the officers , and in the forms of existing law . This is the case , in whole or in part , in all the insurgent States ; and as our armies ...
... suppression , in many places , of all the ordinary means of ad- ministering civil justice by the officers , and in the forms of existing law . This is the case , in whole or in part , in all the insurgent States ; and as our armies ...
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... suppression of the African slave - trade has been confided to the Department of the Interior . It is a subject of gratulation that the efforts which have been made for the suppression of this inhuman traffic have been recently attended ...
... suppression of the African slave - trade has been confided to the Department of the Interior . It is a subject of gratulation that the efforts which have been made for the suppression of this inhuman traffic have been recently attended ...
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Page 173 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 220 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page xlvi - And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate.
Page 144 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 146 - 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...
Page 69 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution...
Page 144 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Page 146 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: "Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 232 - Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery...
Page 143 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any...