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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Peace Conference in Hampton Roads . - Military Affairs ..... Page 620 CHAPTER XX . CLOSE OF THE REBELLION . The Inaugural Address . - Proclamation to Deserters . - Speeches by the Pres- ident . Destruction of Lee's Army .
Peace Conference in Hampton Roads . - Military Affairs ..... Page 620 CHAPTER XX . CLOSE OF THE REBELLION . The Inaugural Address . - Proclamation to Deserters . - Speeches by the Pres- ident . Destruction of Lee's Army .
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In the language of Mr. Jefferson , uttered many years ago , " It is still in our power to direct the process of emancipation and deportation peace ably , and in such slow degrees , as that the evil will wear off insensibly ; and their ...
In the language of Mr. Jefferson , uttered many years ago , " It is still in our power to direct the process of emancipation and deportation peace ably , and in such slow degrees , as that the evil will wear off insensibly ; and their ...
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It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great Confederacy shall be at peace , and in harmony one with another . Let us Republicans do our part to have it so . Even though much provoked , let us do nothing through passion and ...
It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great Confederacy shall be at peace , and in harmony one with another . Let us Republicans do our part to have it so . Even though much provoked , let us do nothing through passion and ...
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the common interests or destinies of all States alike , but upon issues of malignant hostility and uncompromising war to be waged upon the rights , the interests , and the peace of half of the States of this Union .
the common interests or destinies of all States alike , but upon issues of malignant hostility and uncompromising war to be waged upon the rights , the interests , and the peace of half of the States of this Union .
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The first part of his anticipation has been fully realized ; the end has hardly proved to be as peace- ful and satisfactory as he predicted . The policy of the new Confederacy towards the United States was soon officially made known .
The first part of his anticipation has been fully realized ; the end has hardly proved to be as peace- ful and satisfactory as he predicted . The policy of the new Confederacy towards the United States was soon officially made known .
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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...