National Magazine: A Monthly Journal of American History, Volume 13Magazine of Western Publishing Company, 1891 - United States |
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... Senate , as I looked on them as great Senators . And then , I did not feel certain that Mr. Chase ( who up to that time had given no evidence of financial ability ) would make a successful Secretary of the Treasury ; while as a Senator ...
... Senate , as I looked on them as great Senators . And then , I did not feel certain that Mr. Chase ( who up to that time had given no evidence of financial ability ) would make a successful Secretary of the Treasury ; while as a Senator ...
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... Senate , after it was known he had been selected by Mr. Lincoln for Secretary of State , and his official blunders after he became Secretary , tell the story of his utter inability to safely and successfully lead a great party charged ...
... Senate , after it was known he had been selected by Mr. Lincoln for Secretary of State , and his official blunders after he became Secretary , tell the story of his utter inability to safely and successfully lead a great party charged ...
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... Senate , to get the opinions of the Senators with whom I was intimate . Taking Mr. Wade by the hand , I said : " Well , Mr. Senator , what have you to say ? " And he answered : " If we follow such leadership , we will be in the ...
... Senate , to get the opinions of the Senators with whom I was intimate . Taking Mr. Wade by the hand , I said : " Well , Mr. Senator , what have you to say ? " And he answered : " If we follow such leadership , we will be in the ...
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... Senate he proposed to meet " exaction with concession , " and " vio- lence with peaceably submitting to the doctrine of coercion , and quietly evacuating all the forts , and aban- doning all the public property in the rebel States ...
... Senate he proposed to meet " exaction with concession , " and " vio- lence with peaceably submitting to the doctrine of coercion , and quietly evacuating all the forts , and aban- doning all the public property in the rebel States ...
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... Senator in the Senate . Mr. Collamer had acted as Chairman of the Sena- torial Committee which had called on the President to demand Mr. Sew- ard's dismissal from the cabinet , and Mr. Lincoln saw at once that such an appointment would ...
... Senator in the Senate . Mr. Collamer had acted as Chairman of the Sena- torial Committee which had called on the President to demand Mr. Sew- ard's dismissal from the cabinet , and Mr. Lincoln saw at once that such an appointment would ...
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Page 599 - In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Page 602 - 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 601 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers...
Page 596 - ... what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...
Page 597 - 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 599 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 597 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 602 - ... if the policy of the Government upon vital questions • affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 596 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Page 602 - I will venture to add that to me the convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others, not especially chosen for the purpose, and which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse.