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... the contrary , he was opposed to the amend- ment of that instrument , except in cases where such amendment became necessary to carry out his war policies . He believed that the restraints placed upon the 110 LINCOLN , THE LAWYER - ...
... the contrary , he was opposed to the amend- ment of that instrument , except in cases where such amendment became necessary to carry out his war policies . He believed that the restraints placed upon the 110 LINCOLN , THE LAWYER - ...
Page 111
... amendment to the Constitution , providing a means by which slavery could be abolished , he wrote to General Duff Green : I do not desire any amendment to the Constitution . Recognizing , however , that questions of such amend- ment ...
... amendment to the Constitution , providing a means by which slavery could be abolished , he wrote to General Duff Green : I do not desire any amendment to the Constitution . Recognizing , however , that questions of such amend- ment ...
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... Amendment , relating chiefly to the construction of the provision that No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States ; nor shall any State deprive any person of ...
... Amendment , relating chiefly to the construction of the provision that No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States ; nor shall any State deprive any person of ...
Page 113
... amendment , he said : No slight occasion should tempt us to touch it . Bet- ter not take the first step , which may lead to a habit of altering it . Better , rather , to habituate ourselves to think of it as unalterable . It can ...
... amendment , he said : No slight occasion should tempt us to touch it . Bet- ter not take the first step , which may lead to a habit of altering it . Better , rather , to habituate ourselves to think of it as unalterable . It can ...
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... amendment has arisen more dissatisfaction among the people with refer- ence to the courts than from any other single cause . Thus have new difficulties been introduced as a re- sult of hasty and ill - considered amendment . It is not ...
... amendment has arisen more dissatisfaction among the people with refer- ence to the courts than from any other single cause . Thus have new difficulties been introduced as a re- sult of hasty and ill - considered amendment . It is not ...
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Page 170 - At the same time the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 201 - Solon who had said that you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Page 199 - Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or to despotism.
Page 104 - Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 170 - Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they may not shrink to decide cases properly brought before them, and it is no fault of theirs if others seek to turn their decisions to political purposes.
Page 185 - Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years.
Page 158 - Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with his eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the...
Page 127 - And I do further proclaim, declare, and make known that any provision which may be adopted by such State government in relation to the freed people of such State which shall recognize and declare their permanent freedom, provide for their education, and which may yet be consistent as a temporary arrangement with their present condition as a laboring, landless, and homeless class, will not be objected to by the National Executive.
Page 192 - I just take up my pen to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voice like Logan's, has just concluded the very best speech of an hour's length I ever heard. My old, withered, dry eyes are full of tears yet.
Page 187 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.