The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and DeathIncludes added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by F.B. Carpenter. |
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Page 72
... Government cut off the source of slavery by the abolition of the slave - trade , and adopted a system of restricting it from the new Territories where it had not existed , I maintain that they placed it where they understood , and all ...
... Government cut off the source of slavery by the abolition of the slave - trade , and adopted a system of restricting it from the new Territories where it had not existed , I maintain that they placed it where they understood , and all ...
Page 79
... Government , this principle would be , that a General Government shall do all those things which pertain to it , and all the local Governments shall do pre- cisely as they please in respect to those matters which exclusively concern ...
... Government , this principle would be , that a General Government shall do all those things which pertain to it , and all the local Governments shall do pre- cisely as they please in respect to those matters which exclusively concern ...
Page 83
... Government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world ; but do think that it is charged with preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself . This Government is expressly charged ...
... Government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world ; but do think that it is charged with preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself . This Government is expressly charged ...
Page 85
... Government under which we live ? The answer must be : " The Constitution of the United States . " That Constitution consists of the original , framed in 1787 ( and under which the present government first went into operation ) , and ...
... Government under which we live ? The answer must be : " The Constitution of the United States . " That Constitution consists of the original , framed in 1787 ( and under which the present government first went into operation ) , and ...
Page 87
... Government to control as to slavery in Federal territory . No great while after the adoption of the original Constitution , North Carolina ceded to the Federal Government the country now constituting the State of Tennessee ; and , a few ...
... Government to control as to slavery in Federal territory . No great while after the adoption of the original Constitution , North Carolina ceded to the Federal Government the country now constituting the State of Tennessee ; and , a few ...
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