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" Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?' " So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government ; and so, to resist force employed... "
The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States ... - Page 539
by Horace Greeley - 1866
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 310

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1940 - 790 pages
...profoundest problem confronting a democracy—the problem which Lincoln cast in memorable dilemma: "Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?" No mere textual reading or logical talisman can...
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Congressional Serial Set, Issue 1126

United States - 1861 - 346 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask: "Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness?" " Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its preservation. The call was made, and the response of the country was most gratifying, surpassing...
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National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and ..., Volume 1

Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1861 - 674 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us tc ask, 'Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness V ' Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...the war power of the government, and so to resist the force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation." Such was the argument of the...
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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 308 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask: "Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness?" " Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...the issue, no choice was left but to call out the Avar power of the government; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature [&c.]. Vol.5 ...

1861 - 458 pages
...domestic foes .... It forces us to ask: 'Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness ?' Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ?" Here we have the measure of the political insight of the man who, in the great crisis of America,...
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Congressional Serial Set

United States - 1861 - 262 pages
...the earth. It forces us to ask: "Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness ?" " Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too iceak to maintain its own existence?" So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...the earth. It forces us to ask, "Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness ?" " Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response of the country was most gratifying, surpassing...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 672 pages
...the earth. It forces us to ask, " Is there, in all republics, this inherent :iml fatal weakness f" " Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response of the country was most gratifying, surpassing...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...the earth. It forces us to ask, " Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness ?" " Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response of the country was most gratifying, surpassing...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...earth. It forces us to ask, " Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness ?'' Mus£ a Government of necessity be too strong for the liberties...the war power of the Government, and so to resist the force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response...
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