The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished, Volume 2Lincoln Historical Society, 1924 - Presidents |
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... South and compel the North to annex Canada , and it would tend to extend rather than re- strict slavery . A large party of strong anti - slavery people in the North felt that Clay did not give enough importance to the anti - slavery ...
... South and compel the North to annex Canada , and it would tend to extend rather than re- strict slavery . A large party of strong anti - slavery people in the North felt that Clay did not give enough importance to the anti - slavery ...
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... the approach of the United States army . " Fourth . Whether that settlement is or is not isolated from any and all other settlements by the Gulf and the Rio Grande on the south and west , and by wide 26 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... the approach of the United States army . " Fourth . Whether that settlement is or is not isolated from any and all other settlements by the Gulf and the Rio Grande on the south and west , and by wide 26 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
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... south and west , and by wide uninhabited regions on the north and east . " Fifth . Whether the people of that settlement , or a ma- jority of them , or any of them , have ever submitted them- selves to the government or laws of Texas or ...
... south and west , and by wide uninhabited regions on the north and east . " Fifth . Whether the people of that settlement , or a ma- jority of them , or any of them , have ever submitted them- selves to the government or laws of Texas or ...
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... South was beginning to claim , a divine institution that in 1837 , he was one of the only two members of the Illinois Assembly who were willing to publicly declare " that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad ...
... South was beginning to claim , a divine institution that in 1837 , he was one of the only two members of the Illinois Assembly who were willing to publicly declare " that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad ...
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... South . They were chained six and six together . A small iron clevis was around the left wrist of each , and this fas- tened to the main chain by a shorter one , at a convenient distance from the others , so that the negroes were strung ...
... South . They were chained six and six together . A small iron clevis was around the left wrist of each , and this fas- tened to the main chain by a shorter one , at a convenient distance from the others , so that the negroes were strung ...
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Page 201 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS...
Page 158 - Our fathers, when they framed the government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now" I fully indorse this, and I adopt it as a text for this discourse.
Page 133 - We cannot absolutely know that all these exact adaptations are the result of preconcert. But when we see a lot of framed timbers, different portions of which we know have been gotten out at different times and places, and by different workmen — Stephen, Franklin, Roger and James, for instance...
Page 129 - ... part based on assumed historical facts which are not really true ; or, if wanting in some of these, it had been before the court more than once, and had there been affirmed and re-affirmed through a course of years, it then might be, perhaps would be, factious, nay, even revolutionary, not to acquiesce in it as a precedent. But when, as is true, we find it wanting in all these claims to the public confidence, it is not resistance, it is not factious, it is not even disrespectful, to treat it...
Page 133 - ... piece in — in such a case we find it impossible not to believe that Stephen and Franklin and Roger and James all understood one another from the beginning, and all worked upon a common plan or draft drawn up before the first blow was struck. It should not be overlooked that, by the Nebraska bill, the people of a State as well as Territory were to be left "perfectly free," "subject only to the Constitution.
Page 66 - Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man.
Page 159 - Republicans desire — in relation to slavery. AS those fathers marked it, so let it be again marked, as an evil not to be extended, but to be tolerated and protected only because of, and so far as, its actual presence among us makes that toleration and protection a necessity. Let all the guaranties those fathers gave it be not grudgingly, but fully and fairly maintained. For this Republicans contend, and with this, so far as I know or believe, they will be content. And now, if they would listen...
Page 171 - Herewith is a little sketch, as you requested. There is not much of it, for the reason, I suppose, that there is not much of me.
Page 106 - I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do as to the existing institution.
Page 36 - By the way, a fine example was presented on board the boat for contemplating the effect of condition upon human happiness. A gentleman had purchased twelve negroes in different parts of Kentucky, and was taking them to a farm in the South. They were chained six and six together. A small iron clevis was around the left wrist of each, and this fastened to the main chain by a shorter one, at a convenient distance from the others, so that the negroes were strung together precisely like so many fish upon...