Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, by Distinguished Men of His TimeAllen Thorndike Rice |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page x
... HON . SCHUYLER COLFAX , EX - VICE - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES . Mental Idiosyncrasies - That Awfully Wicked City of Chicago - How he Hid his Sad Heart - A Cowardly Pair of Legs- " Older than Methuselah " -One War X CONTENTS .
... HON . SCHUYLER COLFAX , EX - VICE - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES . Mental Idiosyncrasies - That Awfully Wicked City of Chicago - How he Hid his Sad Heart - A Cowardly Pair of Legs- " Older than Methuselah " -One War X CONTENTS .
Page xxv
... heart - broken at the recital , and soon reached a state of nervous excitement border- ing on insanity . Finally , as the Governor was leaving the room , he went forward , and , taking the President by the hand , tenderly expressed his ...
... heart - broken at the recital , and soon reached a state of nervous excitement border- ing on insanity . Finally , as the Governor was leaving the room , he went forward , and , taking the President by the hand , tenderly expressed his ...
Page xxix
... heart to pity Satan himself . " It will be seen from this remark that Lincoln was sometimes weary of the great burden that had fallen on him , and that he would gladly have re- signed it to others had this seemed possible without ...
... heart to pity Satan himself . " It will be seen from this remark that Lincoln was sometimes weary of the great burden that had fallen on him , and that he would gladly have re- signed it to others had this seemed possible without ...
Page 17
... heart . He was ever ready to do an act of kindness whenever in his power , particularly to the poor and lowly . Mr. Lincoln took his seat in Congress on the first Monday in December , 1847. I was in attendance on the Supreme Court of ...
... heart . He was ever ready to do an act of kindness whenever in his power , particularly to the poor and lowly . Mr. Lincoln took his seat in Congress on the first Monday in December , 1847. I was in attendance on the Supreme Court of ...
Page 23
... hearts , yet the election of Judge Trumbull was well received by the entire anti- Nebraska party in the State . He proved himself an able , true and loyal Senator , rendered great services to the Union cause , and proved himself a ...
... hearts , yet the election of Judge Trumbull was well received by the entire anti- Nebraska party in the State . He proved himself an able , true and loyal Senator , rendered great services to the Union cause , and proved himself a ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln administration Andrew Johnson appointed army asked battle believed Black Hawk War Cabinet called campaign candidate canvass character Chase City Point coln colored command committee Confederate Congress Constitution Convention court debate delegation Democratic dent District duty election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy expression fact friends gave gentlemen give Governor Grant Greeley hand heard heart humor Illinois inaugural interview Judge Douglas knew letter listened look McClellan ment military morning nation negroes never nomination opinion orator passed patriotism Pennsylvania political President Lincoln President's proclamation question rebellion replied Republican Party Secretary Secretary of War seemed Senator sent sentiment Seward slavery slaves soldiers speech Springfield Stanton story talk tell thing thought Thurlow Weed tion told Union United vote War Department Washington Whig White House words wrote York
Popular passages
Page 89 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 118 - Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes.
Page 541 - That the maintenance Inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 80 - 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 277 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 79 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 409 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 131 - 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 120 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Page 529 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree 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...