The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... believe it to be a self - evident truth , that all men are endowed with the inalienable rights of life , lib- erty , and the pursuit of happiness , " and that it was the ob- ject of the Federal Government to secure these rights to all ...
... believe it to be a self - evident truth , that all men are endowed with the inalienable rights of life , lib- erty , and the pursuit of happiness , " and that it was the ob- ject of the Federal Government to secure these rights to all ...
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... 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 ex- pect it will cease to be divided . It will become all one thing ...
... 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 ex- pect it will cease to be divided . It will become all one thing ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... believe I have expended in this canvass one cent less than five hundred dollars in cash . " Senator Douglas was at this time , undoubtedly the leading debater in the United States Senate . For years he had been accustomed to meet the ...
... believe I have expended in this canvass one cent less than five hundred dollars in cash . " Senator Douglas was at this time , undoubtedly the leading debater in the United States Senate . For years he had been accustomed to meet the ...
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Page 299 - 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 296 - ... 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 and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 176 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion— no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 177 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government; while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend
Page 299 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 177 - I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 626 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered, — that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. ' Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that...
Page 204 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This our new government is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.
Page 693 - 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 118 - ... fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then, to falter now?— now, when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered and belligerent? The result is not doubtful. We shall not i':ii 1 — if we stand firm, we shall not /ail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.