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 37
... Nation and the States . In this way , and by these means , let the Nation take hold of the larger works , and the States the smaller ones ; and thus , working in a meeting direction , discreetly , but steadily and firmly , what is made ...
... Nation and the States . In this way , and by these means , let the Nation take hold of the larger works , and the States the smaller ones ; and thus , working in a meeting direction , discreetly , but steadily and firmly , what is made ...
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... nation this element of domestic slavery . It is a matter of absolute certainty that it is a disturbing element . It is the opinion of all the great men who have expressed an opinion upon it , that it is a dan- gerous element . We keep ...
... nation this element of domestic slavery . It is a matter of absolute certainty that it is a disturbing element . It is the opinion of all the great men who have expressed an opinion upon it , that it is a dan- gerous element . We keep ...
Page 71
... nation , part slave and part free , continue as our fathers made it forever ? " In the first place , I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free , or part slave and part free . I insist that they found ...
... nation , part slave and part free , continue as our fathers made it forever ? " In the first place , I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free , or part slave and part free . I insist that they found ...
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... nation . In 1804 , Congress gave a territorial organization to that part of it which now con- stitutes the State of Louisiana . New Orleans , lying within that part , was an old and comparatively large city . There were other ...
... nation . In 1804 , Congress gave a territorial organization to that part of it which now con- stitutes the State of Louisiana . New Orleans , lying within that part , was an old and comparatively large city . There were other ...
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... nation . . . This is a world of compensations ; and he who would be no slave , must consent to have no slave . Those who deny freedom to others , deserve it not for themselves ; and , under a just God , cannot long retain it . .... All ...
... nation . . . This is a world of compensations ; and he who would be no slave , must consent to have no slave . Those who deny freedom to others , deserve it not for themselves ; and , under a just God , cannot long retain it . .... All ...
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