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... record of Abraham Lincoln as a law- yer , his views upon the subjects of universal suffrage and the reconstruction of the Confederate State Gov- ernments at the close of the Civil War , and his atti- tude toward the judiciary , upon ...
... record of Abraham Lincoln as a law- yer , his views upon the subjects of universal suffrage and the reconstruction of the Confederate State Gov- ernments at the close of the Civil War , and his atti- tude toward the judiciary , upon ...
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... record of his career while in the legislature will convince any one that Lincoln was even then a master of the English language and a student of events , and that he was always well in- formed upon all subjects which he undertook to dis ...
... record of his career while in the legislature will convince any one that Lincoln was even then a master of the English language and a student of events , and that he was always well in- formed upon all subjects which he undertook to dis ...
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... record within the United States . But under the statute of 1833 , which remained in force until 1841 , the applicant was not required to pass an examination of any kind . The error into which Mr. Isaac N. Arnold and some others among ...
... record within the United States . But under the statute of 1833 , which remained in force until 1841 , the applicant was not required to pass an examination of any kind . The error into which Mr. Isaac N. Arnold and some others among ...
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... record . Judges and lawyers held more intimate social relations than can well prevail be- tween members of the bar and the busy members of the judiciary at the present day . The opening of the Circuit Court in any county of the State at ...
... record . Judges and lawyers held more intimate social relations than can well prevail be- tween members of the bar and the busy members of the judiciary at the present day . The opening of the Circuit Court in any county of the State at ...
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... records of the Supreme Court of Illinois reveal the astonish- ing fact that he never appeared in that court on behalf of any person charged with a felony . Had he been defeated in such cases in the trial court , in many instances , it ...
... records of the Supreme Court of Illinois reveal the astonish- ing fact that he never appeared in that court on behalf of any person charged with a felony . Had he been defeated in such cases in the trial court , in many instances , it ...
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Page 202 - Solon who had said that you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Page 200 - Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or to despotism.
Page 186 - Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years.
Page 128 - And I do further proclaim, declare, and make known that any provision which may be adopted by such State government in relation to the freed people of such State which shall recognize and declare their permanent freedom, provide for their education, and which may yet be consistent as a temporary arrangement with their present condition as a laboring, landless, and homeless class, will not be objected to by the National Executive.
Page 193 - I just take up my pen to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voice like Logan's, has just concluded the very best speech of an hour's length I ever heard. My old, withered, dry eyes are full of tears yet.
Page 106 - American pledge his life, his property and his sacred honor — let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty.
Page 201 - Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the •world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Page 118 - I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and the black races. There is a physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality...
Page 162 - The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Page 130 - States after the rebellion shall have been suppressed, the executive deems it proper to say it will be his purpose then, as ever, to be guided by the Constitution and the laws; and that he probably will have no different understanding of the powers and duties of the Federal Government relatively to the rights of the States and the people, under the Constitution, than that expressed in the inaugural address.