Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 9Century Company, 1890 - Presidents Lincoln's law partner wrote a history of Lincoln containing many little-known facts some of which have been disproved by later scholars. |
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... believe that Sherman's loss is as small as we have stated . He seems to think that it would not be quite creditable to Sherman's army to have lost Johnston , only two and a half per cent . of its force in this desperate attack . But ...
... believe that Sherman's loss is as small as we have stated . He seems to think that it would not be quite creditable to Sherman's army to have lost Johnston , only two and a half per cent . of its force in this desperate attack . But ...
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... believe that the Rebellion can be suppressed without infringing the rights of individuals or of States , who regard the extinction of slavery as among the practical effects of the war for the Union , and favor an amendment of the ...
... believe that the Rebellion can be suppressed without infringing the rights of individuals or of States , who regard the extinction of slavery as among the practical effects of the war for the Union , and favor an amendment of the ...
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... believe there is a God who holds the universe in his hand as you would hold an egg . " This comprehensive scheme of theocracy was too much for the Missouri agnostics , and the Convention broke out in a tumult of jeers and roars . The ...
... believe there is a God who holds the universe in his hand as you would hold an egg . " This comprehensive scheme of theocracy was too much for the Missouri agnostics , and the Convention broke out in a tumult of jeers and roars . The ...
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... believe it would be fatal to the country to indorse a policy and renew a power which has cost us the lives of thousands of men , and needlessly put the country on the road to bankruptcy - there will remain no other alterna- tive but to ...
... believe it would be fatal to the country to indorse a policy and renew a power which has cost us the lives of thousands of men , and needlessly put the country on the road to bankruptcy - there will remain no other alterna- tive but to ...
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... believe that you will abide the decision of the friends of the Union , and yield con- sent to any honorable use which they may deem proper to make of your name in order to secure the greatest good to the country and the speediest ...
... believe that you will abide the decision of the friends of the Union , and yield con- sent to any honorable use which they may deem proper to make of your name in order to secure the greatest good to the country and the speediest ...
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Page 215 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 378 - 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.
Page 105 - And I do further proclaim, declare, and make known that any provision which may be adopted by such State government in relation to the freed people of such State which shall recognize and declare their permanent freedom, provide for their education, and which may yet be consistent as a temporary arrangement with their present condition as a laboring, landless, and homeless class, will not be objected to by the National Executive.
Page 473 - Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useless for us to occupy it ; but the utter destruction of its roads, houses, and people, will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads, we will lose a thousand men each month, and will gain no result. I can make this march, and make Georgia howl ! We have on hand over eight thousand head of cattle and three million rations of bread, but no corn.
Page 103 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that "while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 257 - American people, that, after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand...
Page 180 - This, I think, is exactly right as to how our forces should move. But please look over the dispatches you may have received from here, even since you made that order, and discover if you can, that there is any idea in the head of any one here of 'putting our army south of the enemy' or of 'following him to the death
Page 108 - Saying that reconstruction will be accepted if presented in a specified way, it is not said it will never be accepted in any other way.
Page 461 - The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it? Can Louisiana be brought into proper practical relation with the Union sooner by sustaining or by discarding her new State government?
Page 460 - This cup of liberty which these, your old masters, hold to your lips we will dash from you, and leave you to the chances of gathering the spilled and scattered contents in some vague and undefined when, where, and how.