Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 6Century Company, 1890 - United States |
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... month of August , and this led to new protests on the part of the diplomatic body . Sir Charles Lennox Wyke , the representative of Great Britain in Mexico , addressed frequent communications to the Mexi- can Foreign Office in terms of ...
... month of August , and this led to new protests on the part of the diplomatic body . Sir Charles Lennox Wyke , the representative of Great Britain in Mexico , addressed frequent communications to the Mexi- can Foreign Office in terms of ...
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... soldiers to Mexico , and being refused had ap- plied to the Pasha of Egypt and got one regiment . " - Diary of H. J. Raymond , " Scribner's Monthly , " March , 1880 , p . 708 . CHAP . II . The President has relied upon the MEXICO 47.
... soldiers to Mexico , and being refused had ap- plied to the Pasha of Egypt and got one regiment . " - Diary of H. J. Raymond , " Scribner's Monthly , " March , 1880 , p . 708 . CHAP . II . The President has relied upon the MEXICO 47.
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... month of the year 1862. The com- plications forced upon the diplomacy of all three nations by this state of things were met by the President and Mr. Seward , not only with unyield- ing firmness and fortitude , but with prudence and ...
... month of the year 1862. The com- plications forced upon the diplomacy of all three nations by this state of things were met by the President and Mr. Seward , not only with unyield- ing firmness and fortitude , but with prudence and ...
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... month after month , although every stage of the progress of such hostile preparations was made known to the Government by the incessant and vehement protests of the American Minister in London . On the 18th of February , 1862 , Mr ...
... month after month , although every stage of the progress of such hostile preparations was made known to the Government by the incessant and vehement protests of the American Minister in London . On the 18th of February , 1862 , Mr ...
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... month later Mr. Adams again wrote to the English Foreign Secretary repeating his convic- tion that the Oreto , as the vessel was then called , was a war - ship destined to be used by the insur- gents in America ; to which , on the 8th ...
... month later Mr. Adams again wrote to the English Foreign Secretary repeating his convic- tion that the Oreto , as the vessel was then called , was a war - ship destined to be used by the insur- gents in America ; to which , on the 8th ...
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Page 345 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the \ United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 429 - Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution? By general law, life and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life ; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the preservation of the nation.
Page 412 - 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 234 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 412 - 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, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly...
Page 168 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 440 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; 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 153 - 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 412 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as 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...
Page 339 - The importance for man and beast of the prescribed weekly rest, the sacred rights of Christian soldiers and sailors, a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a Christian people, and a due regard for the Divine Will demand that Sunday labor in the Army and Navy be reduced to the measure of strict necessity. The discipline and character of the national forces should not suffer nor the cause they defend be imperiled by the profanation of the day or name of the Most High. 'At this time of public...