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 Death |
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... thing , either by design or misadventure , which , if known , would subject me to a forfeiture of that confidence , he that knows of that thing and conceals it , is a traitor to his country's interest . I find myself wholly unable to ...
... thing , either by design or misadventure , which , if known , would subject me to a forfeiture of that confidence , he that knows of that thing and conceals it , is a traitor to his country's interest . I find myself wholly unable to ...
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... thing else to hinder the soldiers , he is , to say the least , grossly and altogether mistaken , as a consultation of the records will prove to him . " We need no more thorough refutation of this imputa- tion upon his patriotism than is ...
... thing else to hinder the soldiers , he is , to say the least , grossly and altogether mistaken , as a consultation of the records will prove to him . " We need no more thorough refutation of this imputa- tion upon his patriotism than is ...
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... thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it , and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push ...
... thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it , and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push ...
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... thing at all , although there is a general running fire , and although there has been a hurrah made in every speech on that side , assuming that policy had given the people of a Territory the right to govern themselves upon this ...
... thing at all , although there is a general running fire , and although there has been a hurrah made in every speech on that side , assuming that policy had given the people of a Territory the right to govern themselves upon this ...
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... thing , and I believe that no fair mind can infer any such thing from any thing I have ever said . These speeches in Chicago and those that had preceded them made it evident that the struggle was to take the shape of a personal contest ...
... thing , and I believe that no fair mind can infer any such thing from any thing I have ever said . These speeches in Chicago and those that had preceded them made it evident that the struggle was to take the shape of a personal contest ...
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Page 663 - NEITHER PARTY EXPECTED FOR THE WAR THE MAGNITUDE OR THE DURATION WHICH IT HAS ALREADY ATTAINED. NEITHER ANTICIPATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE CONFLICT MIGHT CEASE WITH OR EVEN BEFORE THE CONFLICT ITSELF SHOULD ' CEASE. EACH LOOKED FOR AN EASIER TRIUMPH AND A RESULT LESS FUNDAMENTAL AND ASTOUNDING.
Page 256 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the states and parts of states, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any state, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 163 - 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 663 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Page 260 - I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 759 - Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution? By general law, life and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution, through the preservation of the nation.
Page 663 - South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those Divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled...
Page 163 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the southern States that by the accession of a Republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...
Page 348 - They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Page 180 - 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.