Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath SchoolWestern Tract and Book Society, 1869 - 200 pages |
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Page 68
... government for our then independent country , the population consisted of a little less than three millions , of whom one- sixth , or near five hundred thousand , were Afri- can slaves . That convention was almost unani- mously opposed ...
... government for our then independent country , the population consisted of a little less than three millions , of whom one- sixth , or near five hundred thousand , were Afri- can slaves . That convention was almost unani- mously opposed ...
Page 71
... form a free or a slaveholding State . This enunciation he styled the " great principle of popular sovereignty . " He maintained that this Government was instituted solely for the benefit of white people ; that the declaration in the.
... form a free or a slaveholding State . This enunciation he styled the " great principle of popular sovereignty . " He maintained that this Government was instituted solely for the benefit of white people ; that the declaration in the.
Page 81
... government was organized at Montgomery , Alabama , by the election of Jefferson Davis as President . War was inevitable , and the weak and corrupt old politician James Buchanan , then President , per- mitted every influence of his high ...
... government was organized at Montgomery , Alabama , by the election of Jefferson Davis as President . War was inevitable , and the weak and corrupt old politician James Buchanan , then President , per- mitted every influence of his high ...
Page 87
... Government , and arranged with such patriotic citizens as were to be found in the city for volunteer reënforcements , should the emergency require them . Mr. Lincoln , on his arrival , was conducted to a public hotel , and the following ...
... Government , and arranged with such patriotic citizens as were to be found in the city for volunteer reënforcements , should the emergency require them . Mr. Lincoln , on his arrival , was conducted to a public hotel , and the following ...
Page 88
... Government will not assail you . You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government , while I have the most solemn one to ' preserve , protect , and ...
... Government will not assail you . You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government , while I have the most solemn one to ' preserve , protect , and ...
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