The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of Abram [sic] Lincoln: Together with a Sketch of the Life of Hannibal Hamlin : Republican Candidates for the Offices of President and Vice-President of the United States |
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... government called for volun- teers , and he responded . He must have already shown some marks of determination or of character , for he was chosen captain of his company . The settlers of that day were obliged thus to defend their farms ...
... government called for volun- teers , and he responded . He must have already shown some marks of determination or of character , for he was chosen captain of his company . The settlers of that day were obliged thus to defend their farms ...
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... Government not only refused to receive him ( the envoy of the United States ) , or listen to his propositions , but after a long - continued series of menaces , have at last invaded our territory and shed the blood of our fellow ...
... Government not only refused to receive him ( the envoy of the United States ) , or listen to his propositions , but after a long - continued series of menaces , have at last invaded our territory and shed the blood of our fellow ...
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... Government of Mexico . 3rd . Whether that spot is or is not within a settlement of people , which settlement has existed ever since long before the Texas revolution , and until its inhabitants fled before the approach of the United ...
... Government of Mexico . 3rd . Whether that spot is or is not within a settlement of people , which settlement has existed ever since long before the Texas revolution , and until its inhabitants fled before the approach of the United ...
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... government for the horses lost in the war by the Texas volunteers . These we append : they indicate Lincoln's desire for fairness in the distribution of govern- mental favors . SOLDIERS ' BOUNTY . Mr. Lincoln said : " If there was a ...
... government for the horses lost in the war by the Texas volunteers . These we append : they indicate Lincoln's desire for fairness in the distribution of govern- mental favors . SOLDIERS ' BOUNTY . Mr. Lincoln said : " If there was a ...
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... Government was inte- rested in these internal improvements being made , inas- much as they increased the value of the lands that were unsold , and they enabled the Government to sell lands which could not be sold without them . Thus ...
... Government was inte- rested in these internal improvements being made , inas- much as they increased the value of the lands that were unsold , and they enabled the Government to sell lands which could not be sold without them . Thus ...
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Page 106 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 54 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — 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...
Page 35 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 41 - Such a decision is all that slavery now lacks of being alike lawful in all the States. Welcome or unwelcome, such decision is probably coming, and will soon be upon us, unless the power of the present political dynasty shall be met and overthrown.
Page 99 - ... this mode of alluding to slaves and slavery, instead of speaking of them, was employed on purpose to exclude from the Constitution the idea that there could be property in man. To show all this is easy and certain. When this obvious mistake of the judges shall be brought to their notice, is it not reasonable to expect that they will withdraw the mistaken statement, and reconsider the conclusion based upon it ? And then it is to be remembered that "our fathers who framed the government under which...
Page 105 - That to the Union of the States this nation owes its unprecedented increase in population, its surprising development of material resources, its rapid augmentation of wealth, its happiness at home, and its honor abroad ; and we hold in abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come from whatever source they may...
Page 41 - Put this and that together, and we have another nice little niche, which we may, ere long, see filled with another Supreme Court decision, declaring that the Constitution of the United States does not permit a state to exclude slavery from its limits. And this may. especially be expected if the doctrine of ' ' care not whether slavery be voted down or voted up" shall gain upon the public mind sufficiently to give promise that such a decision can be maintained when made.
Page 39 - ... whether slavery is voted down or voted up. This shows exactly where we now are, and partially, also, whither we are tending. It will throw additional light on the latter, to go back, and run the mind over the string of historical facts already stated. Several things will now appear less dark and mysterious than they did when they were transpiring. The people were to be left "perfectly free," "subject only to the Constitution.
Page 36 - It being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
Page 109 - That a railroad to the Pacific ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country ; that the Federal Government ought to .render immediate and efficient aid in its construction ; and that, as preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly established. 17. Finally, having thus set forth our distinctive principles and views, we invite the co-operation of all citizens, however differing on other questions, who substantially agree with us in their affirmance and support.