Abraham LincolnM. Ward, 1879 - 246 pages |
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... entering upon politics as a career . His chief and indeed his almost only talent was resolute persever- ance , and by means of it he passed in the race of life thousands who were his superiors in genius . Among all the biographies of ...
... entering upon politics as a career . His chief and indeed his almost only talent was resolute persever- ance , and by means of it he passed in the race of life thousands who were his superiors in genius . Among all the biographies of ...
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... entering this protest . ( Signed ) DAN STONE . A. LINCOLN . Representatives from the County of Sangamon . This was indeed a very mild protest , but it was the beginning of that which , in after years , grew to be the real Emancipation ...
... entering this protest . ( Signed ) DAN STONE . A. LINCOLN . Representatives from the County of Sangamon . This was indeed a very mild protest , but it was the beginning of that which , in after years , grew to be the real Emancipation ...
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... entered into partnership with his friend , J. T. Stewart , and lived with the Hon . W. Butler , who was of great assistance to him in the simple matter of living , for he was at this time as poor as ever . During 1837 , he delivered ...
... entered into partnership with his friend , J. T. Stewart , and lived with the Hon . W. Butler , who was of great assistance to him in the simple matter of living , for he was at this time as poor as ever . During 1837 , he delivered ...
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... entered with zeal into the higher interests of the Federal Union . In 1840 , Lincoln was a candidate for the office of Presidential elector on the Harrison ticket , and made speeches through a great part of Illinois . Soon after , he ...
... entered with zeal into the higher interests of the Federal Union . In 1840 , Lincoln was a candidate for the office of Presidential elector on the Harrison ticket , and made speeches through a great part of Illinois . Soon after , he ...
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... entered into a secret understanding with other candidates for Congress , who were to nominally oppose each other , but in reality secure election in turn by excluding rivals . But it is most probable that he clearly foresaw at this time ...
... entered into a secret understanding with other candidates for Congress , who were to nominally oppose each other , but in reality secure election in turn by excluding rivals . But it is most probable that he clearly foresaw at this time ...
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Abraham Lincoln: And the Abolition of Slavery in the United States (Classic ... Charles Godfrey Leland No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 127 - 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 126 - ... 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 126 - States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
Page 128 - 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 98 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 208 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
Page 75 - 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 127 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...
Page 76 - 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 the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Page 99 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.