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... Constitution , a Whig penny daily , issued in the summer of 1834 ; then with the New York Whig , a two - cent daily , 1836-37 . I had edited - in - chief the New - Yorker , the Jeffer- sonian ( 1838 , ) and the Log Cabin ( 1840 ) . The ...
... Constitution , a Whig penny daily , issued in the summer of 1834 ; then with the New York Whig , a two - cent daily , 1836-37 . I had edited - in - chief the New - Yorker , the Jeffer- sonian ( 1838 , ) and the Log Cabin ( 1840 ) . The ...
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... Constitution as may be deemed advisable . Mr. President , I fear you do not realize how intently the people desire any peace consistent with the national integrity and honor , and how joyously they would hail its achievement , and bless ...
... Constitution as may be deemed advisable . Mr. President , I fear you do not realize how intently the people desire any peace consistent with the national integrity and honor , and how joyously they would hail its achievement , and bless ...
Page 165
... constitutional executive of a free people . Addressed " to whom it may concern , " it precludes negotia- tions , and prescribes in advance the terms and conditions of peace . It returns to the original policy of " no bargaining , no ...
... constitutional executive of a free people . Addressed " to whom it may concern , " it precludes negotia- tions , and prescribes in advance the terms and conditions of peace . It returns to the original policy of " no bargaining , no ...
Page 166
... constitutions , and to barter away their priceless heritage of self - government . This correspon- dence will not , however , we trust , prove wholly barren of good result . If there is any citizen of the Confederate States who has ...
... constitutions , and to barter away their priceless heritage of self - government . This correspon- dence will not , however , we trust , prove wholly barren of good result . If there is any citizen of the Confederate States who has ...
Page 180
... constitutional convention , and had not communicated with him in any manner . In answer to my in- quiry , he said he preferred to have an able counsellor associated with him in the prosecution , and named Mr. Edwards Pierrepont as such ...
... constitutional convention , and had not communicated with him in any manner . In answer to my in- quiry , he said he preferred to have an able counsellor associated with him in the prosecution , and named Mr. Edwards Pierrepont as such ...
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Page 418 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 258 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or 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 do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 258 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them.
Page 407 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
Page 164 - To whom it may concern : Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States...
Page 414 - States ; that the committee deem it highly dangerous and inexpedient to impair a provision wisely calculated to promote the happiness and prosperity of the northwestern country, and to give strength and security to that extensive frontier. In the salutary operation of this sagacious and benevolent restraint, it is believed that the inhabitants of Indiana will, at no very distant day, find ample remuneration for a temporary privation of labor and of emigration...
Page 494 - If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Page 575 - The civil service of the Government has become a mere instrument of partisan tyranny and personal ambition, and an object of selfish greed. It is a scandal and reproach upon free institutions, and breeds a demoralization dangerous to the perpetuity of republican government. We therefore regard a thorough reform of the civil service as one of the most pressing necessities of the hour...
Page 494 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need...
Page 465 - an endless significance lies in Work;" a man perfects himself by working. Foul jungles are cleared away, fair seedfields rise instead, and stately cities ; and withal the man himself first ceases to be a jungle and foul unwholesome desert thereby. Consider, how, even in the meanest sorts of...