The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery |
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... which in the light of to - day would be held by the Supreme Court of the United States a violation of the Constitution . The progress of the slave power was manifested by several Congressional LOCATION OF THE CAPITAL AT WASHINGTON . 31.
... which in the light of to - day would be held by the Supreme Court of the United States a violation of the Constitution . The progress of the slave power was manifested by several Congressional LOCATION OF THE CAPITAL AT WASHINGTON . 31.
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... office , kept many of its ablest men out of public life , and those who en- tered , held office for so short a period , that their ability to direct and govern , to make and administer the laws 34 LINCOLN AND THE OVERTHROW OF SLAVERY .
... office , kept many of its ablest men out of public life , and those who en- tered , held office for so short a period , that their ability to direct and govern , to make and administer the laws 34 LINCOLN AND THE OVERTHROW OF SLAVERY .
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... held the reins of government . The Capital of the Republic under these influences became a great slave mart . The old Commonwealth of Virginia , with her stern republican motto , " Sic semper tyrannis , " sought wealth , and found ...
... held the reins of government . The Capital of the Republic under these influences became a great slave mart . The old Commonwealth of Virginia , with her stern republican motto , " Sic semper tyrannis , " sought wealth , and found ...
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... held and had long controlled , the National , and most of the State Governments ; dominated over parties , ruled the churches , the press , the financial and business interests of the country . A power whose social influence was ...
... held and had long controlled , the National , and most of the State Governments ; dominated over parties , ruled the churches , the press , the financial and business interests of the country . A power whose social influence was ...
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... held them . It involved a weary , and , for a time , a dreadful struggle . On the side of the slaveholders were the United States officials , with all the influence of the Federal government , the State government of the border State of ...
... held them . It involved a weary , and , for a time , a dreadful struggle . On the side of the slaveholders were the United States officials , with all the influence of the Federal government , the State government of the border State of ...
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Page 265 - And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward, shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 141 - 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 143 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government; while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend
Page 262 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States, and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 262 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 275 - 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 265 - Commander-in-Chief of the Army and 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...
Page 143 - I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 142 - 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 - mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because The sight of the master compelled it to pause.