Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 2Century Company, 1894 - United States |
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... Union , heretofore only menaced , is now formidably attempted . I hold that , in contemplation of universal law and of the Consti- tution , the Union of these States is perpetual . Perpetuity is im- plied , if not expressed , in the ...
... Union , heretofore only menaced , is now formidably attempted . I hold that , in contemplation of universal law and of the Consti- tution , the Union of these States is perpetual . Perpetuity is im- plied , if not expressed , in the ...
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... Union at all events , and are glad of any pretext to do it , I will neither affirm nor deny ; but if there be such , I need address no word to them . To those , however , who really love the Union may I not speak ? Before entering upon ...
... Union at all events , and are glad of any pretext to do it , I will neither affirm nor deny ; but if there be such , I need address no word to them . To those , however , who really love the Union may I not speak ? Before entering upon ...
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... Union now claim to secede from it ? All who cherish disunion sentiments are now being educated to the exact temper of doing this . Is there such perfect identity of interests among the States to compose a new Union , as to produce ...
... Union now claim to secede from it ? All who cherish disunion sentiments are now being educated to the exact temper of doing this . Is there such perfect identity of interests among the States to compose a new Union , as to produce ...
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... Union , and to organize them in a new , distinct , and independent Confederacy . That party was unsuccessful at the ... Union , have been intensely excited , but , at the present moment , indicate a disposition to adhere to the Union ...
... Union , and to organize them in a new , distinct , and independent Confederacy . That party was unsuccessful at the ... Union , have been intensely excited , but , at the present moment , indicate a disposition to adhere to the Union ...
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... Union . It is through their good and pa- triotic offices that I look to see the Union sentiment revived and brought once more into activity in the seceding States , and through this agency those States themselves returning into the Union ...
... Union . It is through their good and pa- triotic offices that I look to see the Union sentiment revived and brought once more into activity in the seceding States , and through this agency those States themselves returning into the Union ...
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