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... peaceful possession of the fairest por- tion of the earth as regards extent of territory , fertility of soil , and salubrity of climate . We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions conducing more ...
... peaceful possession of the fairest por- tion of the earth as regards extent of territory , fertility of soil , and salubrity of climate . We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions conducing more ...
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... peace with the world . Such are the effects of mob law , and such are the scenes becoming more and more frequent in this land so lately famed for love of law and order , and the stories of which have even now grown too familiar to ...
... peace with the world . Such are the effects of mob law , and such are the scenes becoming more and more frequent in this land so lately famed for love of law and order , and the stories of which have even now grown too familiar to ...
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... peace , prosperity , and conscious strength , were for the time in a great measure smothered and rendered inactive , while the deep - rooted prin- ciples of hate , and the powerful motive of revenge , instead of being turned against ...
... peace , prosperity , and conscious strength , were for the time in a great measure smothered and rendered inactive , while the deep - rooted prin- ciples of hate , and the powerful motive of revenge , instead of being turned against ...
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... peace of mind to do so , it is my sincere wish that you should . Do not understand by this that I wish to cut your acquaintance . I mean no such thing . What I do wish is that our further acquaintance shall depend upon yourself . If ...
... peace of mind to do so , it is my sincere wish that you should . Do not understand by this that I wish to cut your acquaintance . I mean no such thing . What I do wish is that our further acquaintance shall depend upon yourself . If ...
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... peace among our friends , and to keep the district from going to the enemy , than for any cause personal to myself ; so that , if it should so happen that nobody else wishes to be elected , I could not refuse the people the right of ...
... peace among our friends , and to keep the district from going to the enemy , than for any cause personal to myself ; so that , if it should so happen that nobody else wishes to be elected , I could not refuse the people the right of ...
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Page 183 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Page 121 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people...
Page 288 - 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 273 - 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 254 - A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability. "One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.
Page 114 - 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 134 - It is the eternal struggle between these two principles, right and wrong, throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, ' You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it.
Page 105 - In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. '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.
Page 187 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Page 298 - There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age, I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three, but that was all.