Abraham Lincoln: With Twenty-four IllustrationsJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - 397 pages |
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Page 101
... vote was counted , Stuart received a majority of only fourteen out of a total of thirty - six thousand . Douglas charged fraud , and his reckless attack upon the integrity of Stuart aroused in Lincoln's breast a re- sentment which never ...
... vote was counted , Stuart received a majority of only fourteen out of a total of thirty - six thousand . Douglas charged fraud , and his reckless attack upon the integrity of Stuart aroused in Lincoln's breast a re- sentment which never ...
Page 107
... Legislatures elected by a popular vote , he argued , the great principle of popular sovereignty and self - government was not only sustained , but was even more firmly established by the Dred Scott 107 A GREAT ORATOR AND HIS SPEECHES.
... Legislatures elected by a popular vote , he argued , the great principle of popular sovereignty and self - government was not only sustained , but was even more firmly established by the Dred Scott 107 A GREAT ORATOR AND HIS SPEECHES.
Page 129
... voters of New Salem and vicinity as a candidate for the Illinois Legislature . It was the year that the Whigs held their first National Convention and nomi- nated Henry Clay as their candidate for President ; and from that time , as has ...
... voters of New Salem and vicinity as a candidate for the Illinois Legislature . It was the year that the Whigs held their first National Convention and nomi- nated Henry Clay as their candidate for President ; and from that time , as has ...
Page 130
... votes . At the same time they were generally honest , patriotic , and earnest for the welfare of their constituents and their personal characters commanded the esteem and confidence of the public . Among such men Lincoln's talent for ...
... votes . At the same time they were generally honest , patriotic , and earnest for the welfare of their constituents and their personal characters commanded the esteem and confidence of the public . Among such men Lincoln's talent for ...
Page 131
... votes . National issues were not usually brought into local poli- tics , but the contest between Clay and Jackson was ani- mated and bitter ; the Democrats were despotic and intolerant towards the opposition , and were so much in the ...
... votes . National issues were not usually brought into local poli- tics , but the contest between Clay and Jackson was ani- mated and bitter ; the Democrats were despotic and intolerant towards the opposition , and were so much in the ...
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Page 108 - 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...
Page 49 - I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 259 - What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good...
Page 49 - 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 258 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Page 383 - The will of God prevails. In great contests each 393 party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be and one must be wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party; and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.
Page 199 - 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 321 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 120 - ... (It matters not what way the Supreme Court may hereafter decide as to the abstract question whether slavery may or may not go into a Territory under the Constitution ; the people have the lawful means to introduce it or exclude it as they please, for the reason that slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere unless it is supported by local police regulations.
Page 378 - I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me, and I think He has, I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but Truth is everything; I know I am right, because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God.