Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 2Century Company, 1894 - United States |
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... South Carolina ; and copies of all which I now transmit . Immediately on receipt of them by me , I transmitted the whole to you for your consideration ; and the same day you returned the package to me with your opinion indorsed upon it ...
... South Carolina ; and copies of all which I now transmit . Immediately on receipt of them by me , I transmitted the whole to you for your consideration ; and the same day you returned the package to me with your opinion indorsed upon it ...
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... South Carolina , devotion to the Union is a profound and permanent national sentiment , which , although it may be suppressed and silenced by terror for a time , could , if encouraged , be ultimately relied upon to rally the people of ...
... South Carolina , devotion to the Union is a profound and permanent national sentiment , which , although it may be suppressed and silenced by terror for a time , could , if encouraged , be ultimately relied upon to rally the people of ...
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... South Carolina opened the revolution . Apprehending chastisement by the military arm of the United States , she seized all the forts of the United States in the harbor of Charleston , except Fort Sumter , which , garri- soned by less ...
... South Carolina opened the revolution . Apprehending chastisement by the military arm of the United States , she seized all the forts of the United States in the harbor of Charleston , except Fort Sumter , which , garri- soned by less ...
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... South Carolina . All the officers within Fort Sumter , together with Generals Scott and Totten , express this opinion , and it would seem to me that the President would not be justified to disregard such high authority without ...
... South Carolina . All the officers within Fort Sumter , together with Generals Scott and Totten , express this opinion , and it would seem to me that the President would not be justified to disregard such high authority without ...
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... South Carolina , and her long and expensive prepara- tions , there is a prevailing belief that there will be no actual collision . An impression has gone abroad that Sumter is to be evacuated , and the shock caused by that announcement ...
... South Carolina , and her long and expensive prepara- tions , there is a prevailing belief that there will be no actual collision . An impression has gone abroad that Sumter is to be evacuated , and the shock caused by that announcement ...
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