President Lincoln; Self-pourtrayed |
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... election to the Presidency . During this period of twenty - four years , besides sitting occasionally in the State Legislature , he was elected in 1847 to the House of Representatives of the United States , where he signalised him- self ...
... election to the Presidency . During this period of twenty - four years , besides sitting occasionally in the State Legislature , he was elected in 1847 to the House of Representatives of the United States , where he signalised him- self ...
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... election , the United States were ruled by the slave - owners of the South , allied to the so - called " Democrats " of the North . He was , moreover , citizen of a State ( Illinois ) which , although free , bordered to the south and ...
... election , the United States were ruled by the slave - owners of the South , allied to the so - called " Democrats " of the North . He was , moreover , citizen of a State ( Illinois ) which , although free , bordered to the south and ...
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... to the Territories . After four days ' consideration , he accepted both ( 23rd May ) by letter , concluding in words chiefly re- markable for the entire freedom from partizan THE ELECTION . 15 spirit which they show in this.
... to the Territories . After four days ' consideration , he accepted both ( 23rd May ) by letter , concluding in words chiefly re- markable for the entire freedom from partizan THE ELECTION . 15 spirit which they show in this.
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John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow. THE ELECTION . 15 spirit which they show in this candidate of a party : - " Imploring the assistance of Divine Provi- dence , and with due regard to the views and feelings of all who were represented in the ...
John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow. THE ELECTION . 15 spirit which they show in this candidate of a party : - " Imploring the assistance of Divine Provi- dence , and with due regard to the views and feelings of all who were represented in the ...
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... election from any party wantonness , or from any indifference to the anxiety that per- vades the minds of men about the aspect of the political affairs of their country . . . . . I do suppose that , while the political drama being ...
... election from any party wantonness , or from any indifference to the anxiety that per- vades the minds of men about the aspect of the political affairs of their country . . . . . I do suppose that , while the political drama being ...
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Page 36 - Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people.
Page 190 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 31 - 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 150 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Page 41 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country.
Page 207 - 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 39 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 208 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 120 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 146 - Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay ; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time. It will then have been proved that among freemen there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their case and pay the cost.