Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4F. D. Tandy Company, 1894 - Illinois |
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... equality , putting the white man and the negro on the same basis un- der the law . Now these men , four years ago , were engaged in a conspiracy to break down the Democracy ; to - day they are again acting to- gether for the same ...
... equality , putting the white man and the negro on the same basis un- der the law . Now these men , four years ago , were engaged in a conspiracy to break down the Democracy ; to - day they are again acting to- gether for the same ...
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... equality with white men . Now , I say to you , my fellow - citizens , that in my opinion the sign- ers of the Declaration had no reference to the negro whatever , when they declared all men to be created equal . They desired to express ...
... equality with white men . Now , I say to you , my fellow - citizens , that in my opinion the sign- ers of the Declaration had no reference to the negro whatever , when they declared all men to be created equal . They desired to express ...
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... equality with him , they were bound , as honest men , that day and hour to have put their negroes on an equality with them- selves . Instead of doing so , with uplifted eyes to heaven they implored the divine blessing upon them , during ...
... equality with him , they were bound , as honest men , that day and hour to have put their negroes on an equality with them- selves . Instead of doing so , with uplifted eyes to heaven they implored the divine blessing upon them , during ...
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... our policy . New York has decided that in that State a negro may vote if he has two hundred and fifty dollars ' worth of property , and if he owns that much he may vote upon an equality with the white man 1858 ] 25 Speech at Jonesboro.
... our policy . New York has decided that in that State a negro may vote if he has two hundred and fifty dollars ' worth of property , and if he owns that much he may vote upon an equality with the white man 1858 ] 25 Speech at Jonesboro.
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... equality with a white man . I had occasion to say to the senators from Maine , in a discussion last session , that if they thought that the white peo- ple within the limits of their State were no bet- ter than negroes , I would not ...
... equality with a white man . I had occasion to say to the senators from Maine , in a discussion last session , that if they thought that the white peo- ple within the limits of their State were no bet- ter than negroes , I would not ...
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Page 322 - I hold that notwithstanding all this there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 20 - 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 208 - I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a hundred times from every stump in Illinois, that in my opinion the people of a territory can, by lawful means, exclude slavery from their limits prior to the formation of a state Constitution.
Page 287 - Now, as we have already said in an earlier part of this opinion, upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 221 - I believe, it was provided that it must be considered " the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any State or territory, or to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their own domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
Page 352 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people...
Page 91 - I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; [Applause.] that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races...
Page 58 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 286 - If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery from their limits, are you in favor of acquiescing in, adopting and following such decision as a rule of political action?
Page 260 - I believe it was made by white men. for the benefit of white men and their posterity forever...