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... with the inhabitants of the Indian Territory , in which slaves were held by some
of the wealthier red men , and had used his influence with effect to induce the
chiefs of that dependency to look to the Confederates as their political guardians .
... with the inhabitants of the Indian Territory , in which slaves were held by some
of the wealthier red men , and had used his influence with effect to induce the
chiefs of that dependency to look to the Confederates as their political guardians .
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... silence by charges of infantry . About this time Nelson's division of Buell's army
began arriving at the landing . The gunboats Lexington and Tyler improved with
telling effect the opportunity which the ravine presented for shelling the enemy .
... silence by charges of infantry . About this time Nelson's division of Buell's army
began arriving at the landing . The gunboats Lexington and Tyler improved with
telling effect the opportunity which the ravine presented for shelling the enemy .
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On the 18th , McClellan was informed by Secretary Stanton : The President is not
willing to uncover the capital entirely ; and it is believed that even if this were
prudent , it vol . ii . - 4 would require more time to effect a junction between your
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On the 18th , McClellan was informed by Secretary Stanton : The President is not
willing to uncover the capital entirely ; and it is believed that even if this were
prudent , it vol . ii . - 4 would require more time to effect a junction between your
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would require more time to effect a junction between your army and that of the
Rappahannock by the way of the Potomac and York River , than by a land march
. In order , therefore , to increase the strength of the attack upon Richmond at the
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would require more time to effect a junction between your army and that of the
Rappahannock by the way of the Potomac and York River , than by a land march
. In order , therefore , to increase the strength of the attack upon Richmond at the
...
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weeks thereafter the invading army was still to wait the enemy meanwhile
swelling his ranks from every possible quarter and strengthening his works —
until the other wing received the blow with more disastrous effect . The losses in
the two ...
weeks thereafter the invading army was still to wait the enemy meanwhile
swelling his ranks from every possible quarter and strengthening his works —
until the other wing received the blow with more disastrous effect . The losses in
the two ...
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Page 206 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to...
Page 161 - 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 334 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, '"The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 161 - 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 118 - ... 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 and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 334 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge...
Page 205 - We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the final resting-place of those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. " But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.
Page 92 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or 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 333 - 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 333 - Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.
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| Title | Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2 Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Author | Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Publisher | Robert Clarke Company, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Oct 2007 |
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