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... sent to that Republic the unscrupulous and wily Slidell , ( late the emissary of the insurgents to Louis Napoleon , ) to provoke her to an act of hostility . He too failed , and the adminis- tration then marched an army upon Mexican ...
... sent to that Republic the unscrupulous and wily Slidell , ( late the emissary of the insurgents to Louis Napoleon , ) to provoke her to an act of hostility . He too failed , and the adminis- tration then marched an army upon Mexican ...
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... sent champions to his side , until finally , in 1845 , the obnoxious gag rules were abolished and the right of peti- tion vindicated . He , not only by his eloquence , courage and persistence , triumphed and secured the right of ...
... sent champions to his side , until finally , in 1845 , the obnoxious gag rules were abolished and the right of peti- tion vindicated . He , not only by his eloquence , courage and persistence , triumphed and secured the right of ...
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... sent Douglas and Shields to the Senate . Among the members of the House were William H. Bissell , Richard Yates , and Elihu B. Washburne ; the two first have since been Governors . From Missouri , the great Benton , after thirty years ...
... sent Douglas and Shields to the Senate . Among the members of the House were William H. Bissell , Richard Yates , and Elihu B. Washburne ; the two first have since been Governors . From Missouri , the great Benton , after thirty years ...
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... sent to arrest the absent members , who are brought in and arraigned to give their excuses to the House like truant school boys . Motions to excuse are made , followed by motions to dispense with further proceedings under the call , to ...
... sent to arrest the absent members , who are brought in and arraigned to give their excuses to the House like truant school boys . Motions to excuse are made , followed by motions to dispense with further proceedings under the call , to ...
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... sent their organized bands of ruffians , armed with revolvers , bowie knives , slaves and whiskey , as the material with which to build up the new commonwealth . It was found to be a bad material . The free State emigrant , although ...
... sent their organized bands of ruffians , armed with revolvers , bowie knives , slaves and whiskey , as the material with which to build up the new commonwealth . It was found to be a bad material . The free State emigrant , although ...
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Page 175 - 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 622 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's. assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 580 - To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 299 - Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people...
Page 622 - 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 by the...
Page 309 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 176 - 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.
Page 502 - ... immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
Page 621 - At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.
Page 114 - I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one 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 it forward till it shall become alike lawful in...