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 34
... wrong as against any foreign power . In this instance , Mr. Lincoln saw that the strength of the position of the Administration before the people , in reference to the beginning of the war , was in the point , which they lost no ...
... wrong as against any foreign power . In this instance , Mr. Lincoln saw that the strength of the position of the Administration before the people , in reference to the beginning of the war , was in the point , which they lost no ...
Page 37
... wrong places . Adopt and adhere to this course , and , it seems to me , the difficulty is cleared . One of the gentlemen from South Carolina [ Mr. Rhett ] very much de- precates these statistics . He particularly objects , as I ...
... wrong places . Adopt and adhere to this course , and , it seems to me , the difficulty is cleared . One of the gentlemen from South Carolina [ Mr. Rhett ] very much de- precates these statistics . He particularly objects , as I ...
Page 57
... wrong . But can we , for that reason , run ahead , and infer that he will make any particular change , of which he himself has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague in- ference ? Now , as ever , I wish ...
... wrong . But can we , for that reason , run ahead , and infer that he will make any particular change , of which he himself has given no intimation ? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague in- ference ? Now , as ever , I wish ...
Page 68
... wrong in slavery . Every thing that emanates from him or his coadjutors in their course of policy , carefully excludes the thought that there is any thing wrong in slavery . All their arguments , if you will consider them , will be seen ...
... wrong in slavery . Every thing that emanates from him or his coadjutors in their course of policy , carefully excludes the thought that there is any thing wrong in slavery . All their arguments , if you will consider them , will be seen ...
Page 69
... wrong , you cannot institute any equality be tween right and wrong . And from this difference of sentiment - the belief on the part of one that the institution is wrong , and a policy springing from that belief which looks to the arrest ...
... wrong , you cannot institute any equality be tween right and wrong . And from this difference of sentiment - the belief on the part of one that the institution is wrong , and a policy springing from that belief which looks to the arrest ...
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