The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and Death |
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It is impossible to estimate the influence which this faithful mother ex- erted in moulding the character of her child ; but it is easy to believe that the earnestness with which she im- pressed upon his mind and heart ...
It is impossible to estimate the influence which this faithful mother ex- erted in moulding the character of her child ; but it is easy to believe that the earnestness with which she im- pressed upon his mind and heart ...
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... that it is easy to believe that the frequent perusal of it im- pressed upon his mind , more effectually than any solemn exhortation could have done , the precept that " honesty is the best policy , " and thus assisted to develop ...
... that it is easy to believe that the frequent perusal of it im- pressed upon his mind , more effectually than any solemn exhortation could have done , the precept that " honesty is the best policy , " and thus assisted to develop ...
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They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than abate its evils . " They believe that the Congress of the United ...
They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than abate its evils . " They believe that the Congress of the United ...
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We believe it is universally admitted that on both of these occasions Mr. Lincoln had decidedly the advantage . The result of the election was the defeat of the Democrats , and the election of anti - Nebraska men to the legislature ...
We believe it is universally admitted that on both of these occasions Mr. Lincoln had decidedly the advantage . The result of the election was the defeat of the Democrats , and the election of anti - Nebraska men to the legislature ...
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I have not a fine educa- tion ; I am not capable of entering into a disquisition upon dialectics , as I believe you call it . " In the address thus alluded to , Mr. Lincoln struck the key - note of the campaign .
I have not a fine educa- tion ; I am not capable of entering into a disquisition upon dialectics , as I believe you call it . " In the address thus alluded to , Mr. Lincoln struck the key - note of the campaign .
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Page 671 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.
Page 260 - State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 163 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes...
Page 260 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 670 - Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 163 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the southern States that by the accession of a Republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...
Page 165 - I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority.
Page 671 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully.
Page 167 - A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.
Page 458 - 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...
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| Title | The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and Death HeinOnline: Core collection HeinOnline: Spinelli's law library reference shelf HeinOnline: U.S. presidential library |
| Authors | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter |
| Publisher | Darby and Miller, 1865 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 808 pages |
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