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... , to treat it as not having yet quite established a set- tled doctrine for the country . The Chief Justice does not direct- ly assert , but plainly assumes as a • fact , that the public estimate of the black 19 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... , to treat it as not having yet quite established a set- tled doctrine for the country . The Chief Justice does not direct- ly assert , but plainly assumes as a • fact , that the public estimate of the black 19 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... chief hope upon the chances of his being able to appropriate the benefit of this disgust to himself . If he can , by much drumming and repeating , fasten the odium of that idea upon his adversaries , he thinks he can He struggle through ...
... chief hope upon the chances of his being able to appropriate the benefit of this disgust to himself . If he can , by much drumming and repeating , fasten the odium of that idea upon his adversaries , he thinks he can He struggle through ...
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... Chief Justice Taney , in his opin- ion in the Dred Scott case , admits that the language of the Declara- tion is broad enough to include the whole human family ; but he and Judge Douglas argue that the authors of that instrument did not ...
... Chief Justice Taney , in his opin- ion in the Dred Scott case , admits that the language of the Declara- tion is broad enough to include the whole human family ; but he and Judge Douglas argue that the authors of that instrument did not ...
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... Chief Justice and the Senator for doing this obvious violence to the plain , unmistakable language of the Declaration . I think the authors of that no- table instrument intended to in- clude all men ; but they did not intend to declare ...
... Chief Justice and the Senator for doing this obvious violence to the plain , unmistakable language of the Declaration . I think the authors of that no- table instrument intended to in- clude all men ; but they did not intend to declare ...
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... Chief Magistrate derives all his authority from the people , and they have conferred none upon him to fix terms for the separation of the States . The people themselves can do this also if they choose ; but the Ex- ecutive , 71 OF ...
... Chief Magistrate derives all his authority from the people , and they have conferred none upon him to fix terms for the separation of the States . The people themselves can do this also if they choose ; but the Ex- ecutive , 71 OF ...
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Page 33 - 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 60 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the national territories, and to overrun us here in these free states ? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively.
Page 90 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 112 - 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.
Page 34 - 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...
Page 88 - 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 do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 30 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 77 - J^abor 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 63 - FRIENDS: No one not in my situation can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place and the kindness of these people I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.
Page 67 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.