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... he " did not see any live fighting Indians , but had a good many bloody
struggles with the mosquitoes , ” he was waited upon by several of the influential
citizens of New Salem , who asked his consent to nominate him for the
Legislature .
... he " did not see any live fighting Indians , but had a good many bloody
struggles with the mosquitoes , ” he was waited upon by several of the influential
citizens of New Salem , who asked his consent to nominate him for the
Legislature .
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In his speech last autumn , at Columbus , Ohio , as reported in The New York
Times , Senator Douglas said : “ Our fathers , when they framed the Government
under which we live , understood this question just as well , and even better than
we ...
In his speech last autumn , at Columbus , Ohio , as reported in The New York
Times , Senator Douglas said : “ Our fathers , when they framed the Government
under which we live , understood this question just as well , and even better than
we ...
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... fathers who framed the government under which we live , who have , upon
their official responsibility and their corporal oaths , acted upon the very question
which the text affirms they '00derstood just as well , and even better than we do
now ...
... fathers who framed the government under which we live , who have , upon
their official responsibility and their corporal oaths , acted upon the very question
which the text affirms they '00derstood just as well , and even better than we do
now ...
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In and by the original instrument , a mode was provided for amending it ; and , as
I have already stated , the present frame of government under which we live
consists of that original , and twelve amendatory articles framed and adopted
since .
In and by the original instrument , a mode was provided for amending it ; and , as
I have already stated , the present frame of government under which we live
consists of that original , and twelve amendatory articles framed and adopted
since .
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To those who now so declare , I give , not only our fathers who framed the
government under which we live , but with them all other living men within the
century in which it was framed , among whom to search , and they shall not be
able to find ...
To those who now so declare , I give , not only our fathers who framed the
government under which we live , but with them all other living men within the
century in which it was framed , among whom to search , and they shall not be
able to find ...
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Page 97 - Whereas the laws of the United States have been for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 221 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 135 - ... and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully...
Page 91 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 134 - States; and the fact that any 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 91 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 134 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any 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 93 - 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 94 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 107 - And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question, whether a constitutional republic or democracy — a government of the people by the same people — can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.
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| Title | Illustrated Life, Services, Martyrdom, and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln ...: With a Portrait of President Lincoln, and Other Illustrative Engravings of the Scene of the Assassination, Etc. ... Volume 1 of Lives of presidents and generals |
| Editor | David Brainerd Williamson |
| Contributors | Peterson, T.B., & Brothers, Philadelphia, pub, T.B. Peterson & Brothers (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Publisher | T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1865 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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