National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and Naval: Founded on Official and Other Authentic Documents, Volume 1Johnson, Fry, 1861 - United States Volume 1. Chapter i-xxix (618 pages) -- Volume 3. Chapter lxxx-cxv (642 pages). |
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... carried on , and memorable to all time for its trial of principles and modes of government , in which the whole modern world is interested , and upon the maintenance of which the welfare of millions of peo- The time has , of course ...
... carried on , and memorable to all time for its trial of principles and modes of government , in which the whole modern world is interested , and upon the maintenance of which the welfare of millions of peo- The time has , of course ...
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... carried out to the letter . Not so with human dealing . There our action and progress must be politic . We must , within certain limits , be pliable and yielding , and leaving ideal abstractions and inflexible resolutions , get all the ...
... carried out to the letter . Not so with human dealing . There our action and progress must be politic . We must , within certain limits , be pliable and yielding , and leaving ideal abstractions and inflexible resolutions , get all the ...
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... carried on . The boasted Squatter Sovereignty , as the bastard system of Senator Douglas was in- gloriously and not inappropriately called , proved not the so - much desired solution of a difficult question in peace and har- mony , or ...
... carried on . The boasted Squatter Sovereignty , as the bastard system of Senator Douglas was in- gloriously and not inappropriately called , proved not the so - much desired solution of a difficult question in peace and har- mony , or ...
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... carried out with equal learn- ing and acumen , was to test the princi- ples of the Republican party by the practice of the Fathers of the Constitution . " Let all , " said he , adopting a text thrown out in one of the speeches of ...
... carried out with equal learn- ing and acumen , was to test the princi- ples of the Republican party by the practice of the Fathers of the Constitution . " Let all , " said he , adopting a text thrown out in one of the speeches of ...
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... carry on successful war honor and religion , he added : " We can- with almost the whole of Europe against not penetrate the dark future ; it may him , and at the close of the war , add- be filled with ashes , tears , and blood ; ing ...
... carry on successful war honor and religion , he added : " We can- with almost the whole of Europe against not penetrate the dark future ; it may him , and at the close of the war , add- be filled with ashes , tears , and blood ; ing ...
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Page 126 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 23 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 23 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." 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...
Page 123 - Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Page 34 - Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, That the ordinance adopted by us in convention on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 87 - 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 4 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock...
Page 91 - Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible ; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.
Page 88 - It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause "shall be delivered up,
Page 84 - Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis ? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say, / would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.