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... slavery in its most brutal and revolting form . New Orleans was a slave mart , and his companion ' reports that Lincoln then 1. John Hanks . spectacle of the chaining He saw families sold , the 30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... slavery in its most brutal and revolting form . New Orleans was a slave mart , and his companion ' reports that Lincoln then 1. John Hanks . spectacle of the chaining He saw families sold , the 30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... slavery man . He saw a slave , a beautiful mulatto girl , sold at auction . She was felt over , pinched , trotted around to show to bidders that said article was sound , etc. Lincoln walked away from the sad , inhuman scene with a deep ...
... slavery man . He saw a slave , a beautiful mulatto girl , sold at auction . She was felt over , pinched , trotted around to show to bidders that said article was sound , etc. Lincoln walked away from the sad , inhuman scene with a deep ...
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... slavery , were carried through the Legislature by overwhelming majorities . The people of Illinois at that time , were made up largely of emigrants from the slave states , filled with the prejudices of that section , and the feeling ...
... slavery , were carried through the Legislature by overwhelming majorities . The people of Illinois at that time , were made up largely of emigrants from the slave states , filled with the prejudices of that section , and the feeling ...
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... slave nor a drunkard on the earth , how proud the title of that land which may claim to be the birth - place and cradle of those resolutions that shall have ended in that victory . " He was already dreaming , it would seem , of the time ...
... slave nor a drunkard on the earth , how proud the title of that land which may claim to be the birth - place and cradle of those resolutions that shall have ended in that victory . " He was already dreaming , it would seem , of the time ...
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... slavery was " unjust to the slave , impolitic to the nation , " and he meant to do all in his power to restrict and get rid of it . Even this bill , mild as it was , would not be tolerated by the slave states , and their opposition was ...
... slavery was " unjust to the slave , impolitic to the nation , " and he meant to do all in his power to restrict and get rid of it . Even this bill , mild as it was , would not be tolerated by the slave states , and their opposition was ...
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Page 190 - 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 438 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Page 191 - Such of you as are now dissatisfied still have the old Constitution unimpaired, and, on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it ; while the new Administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either. If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are...
Page 308 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 263 - ... 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 343 - 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 it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 239 - And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may, For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray, Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.
Page 265 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 265 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued 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 252 - We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.