Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 8F. D. Tandy Company, 1905 - Illinois |
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... South that the clause of Jefferson was restored , and the whole north- western territory - all the territory that then be- longed to the nation - was reserved for the labor of freemen . The hope prevailed in Virginia that the aboli ...
... South that the clause of Jefferson was restored , and the whole north- western territory - all the territory that then be- longed to the nation - was reserved for the labor of freemen . The hope prevailed in Virginia that the aboli ...
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... by the ordinance of Jefferson ; the new school aspir- ed to secure for slavery an equality of votes in the Senate , and , while it hinted at an organic act that should concede to the collective South a veto of Abraham Lincoln xiii.
... by the ordinance of Jefferson ; the new school aspir- ed to secure for slavery an equality of votes in the Senate , and , while it hinted at an organic act that should concede to the collective South a veto of Abraham Lincoln xiii.
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... South a veto power on national legislation , it assumed that each State separately had the right to re- vise and nullify laws of the United States , ac- cording to the discretion of its judgment . The new theory hung as a bias on the ...
... South a veto power on national legislation , it assumed that each State separately had the right to re- vise and nullify laws of the United States , ac- cording to the discretion of its judgment . The new theory hung as a bias on the ...
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... South started back in appallment from its victory , for it knew that a fair competition foreboded its defeat . But where could it now find an ally to save it from its own mistake ? What I have next to say is spoken with no emo- tion but ...
... South started back in appallment from its victory , for it knew that a fair competition foreboded its defeat . But where could it now find an ally to save it from its own mistake ? What I have next to say is spoken with no emo- tion but ...
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... South Carolina or Geor- gia ; slavery , by virtue of the Constitution , exists in every Territory . " The municipal character of slavery being thus taken away , and slave property decreed to be " sacred , " the authority of the courts ...
... South Carolina or Geor- gia ; slavery , by virtue of the Constitution , exists in every Territory . " The municipal character of slavery being thus taken away , and slave property decreed to be " sacred , " the authority of the courts ...
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Page 156 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order 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...
Page 155 - States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly...
Page 37 - States, and the people thereof, in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed. That it is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering pecuniary aid to the free acceptance or rejection of all...
Page 39 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 16 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 162 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 116 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution...
Page 39 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the government of the United States...
Page 163 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: "Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 15 - If there be in it any statements or assumptions of fact which I may know to be erroneous, I do not now and here controvert them. If there be any inferences •which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I