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... equal before the law ; and they were almost unani- mously bitter in condemning any one suspected of favoring emancipation . Hence the drastic " Black Code , " aimed at the free negro , which remained on the statute books until long ...
... equal before the law ; and they were almost unani- mously bitter in condemning any one suspected of favoring emancipation . Hence the drastic " Black Code , " aimed at the free negro , which remained on the statute books until long ...
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... equal of any of them in pulling a wire or turning a trick . Herndon be- came in time , as this record will show , one of the most useful Abolitionists in the West- if not in the whole country — and it was due in large part to his ...
... equal of any of them in pulling a wire or turning a trick . Herndon be- came in time , as this record will show , one of the most useful Abolitionists in the West- if not in the whole country — and it was due in large part to his ...
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... equal . No allusion was made to the Compromise of 1850 , which he ap- parently accepted regretfully as one accepts something less than the best . Clearly he had come to see that the slavery issue could no longer be compromised , but he ...
... equal . No allusion was made to the Compromise of 1850 , which he ap- parently accepted regretfully as one accepts something less than the best . Clearly he had come to see that the slavery issue could no longer be compromised , but he ...
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... equal of Douglas in debate , calm , strong , and fearless , with a sure grasp of the problem a man of genius ablaze with passion . For four hours the circuit - riding lawyer unfolded and described the great issue with a mastery of facts ...
... equal of Douglas in debate , calm , strong , and fearless , with a sure grasp of the problem a man of genius ablaze with passion . For four hours the circuit - riding lawyer unfolded and described the great issue with a mastery of facts ...
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... equal to the endurance of ora- tors , and when it came Lincoln's turn to be heard it was sup- per time . Whereupon he told the people that his argument would not be less lengthy , and asked them to repair to their 1 In 1858 , in the ...
... equal to the endurance of ora- tors , and when it came Lincoln's turn to be heard it was sup- per time . Whereupon he told the people that his argument would not be less lengthy , and asked them to repair to their 1 In 1858 , in the ...
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Page 348 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 122 - Witch. WHEN shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain ? 2 Witch.
Page 66 - When the white man governs himself that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that 'all men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Page 236 - I am glad I made the late race. It gave me a hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone.
Page 80 - That sight was a continued torment to me, and I see something like it every time I touch the Ohio or any other slave border. It is not fair for you to assume that I have no interest in a thing which has, and continually exercises, the power of making me miserable.
Page 336 - I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Page 173 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Page 173 - 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.
Page 176 - ... gathered from the four winds, and formed and 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 fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.
Page 183 - Senator Douglas is of world-wide renown. All the anxious politicians of his party, or who have been of his party for years past, have been looking upon him as certainly, at no distant day, to be the President of the United States. They have seen in his round, jolly, fruitful face, post-offices, land-offices, marshalships, and cabinet appointments, chargeships, and foreign missions, bursting and sprouting out in wonderful exuberance, ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands. And as they have...