Life of Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President of the United States : Containing His Early History and Political Career : Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... Organization of the House - Different Opinions as to Reconstruction - Provisions for Par- don of Rebels - President's Proclamation of Pardon - Annual Message - Explanatory Proclamation ... ... 253 CHAPTER XVIII . PROGRESS . President's ...
... Organization of the House - Different Opinions as to Reconstruction - Provisions for Par- don of Rebels - President's Proclamation of Pardon - Annual Message - Explanatory Proclamation ... ... 253 CHAPTER XVIII . PROGRESS . President's ...
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... organized the Territory of Mississippi . In the act of organization they prohibited the bringing of slaves into the Territory , from any place without the United States , by fine and giving freedom to slaves so brought . This act passed ...
... organized the Territory of Mississippi . In the act of organization they prohibited the bringing of slaves into the Territory , from any place without the United States , by fine and giving freedom to slaves so brought . This act passed ...
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... organized . What in- duced the Southampton insurrection , twenty - eight years ago , in which , at least , three times as many lives were lost as at Harper's Ferry ? You can scarcely stretch your very elastic fancy to the conclusion ...
... organized . What in- duced the Southampton insurrection , twenty - eight years ago , in which , at least , three times as many lives were lost as at Harper's Ferry ? You can scarcely stretch your very elastic fancy to the conclusion ...
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... organization ? Human action can be modified to some extent , but human nature cannot be changed . There is a judgment and a feeling against slavery in this nation , which cast at least a million and a half of votes . You can- not ...
... organization ? Human action can be modified to some extent , but human nature cannot be changed . There is a judgment and a feeling against slavery in this nation , which cast at least a million and a half of votes . You can- not ...
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... organization which rallies around it . You can scarcely scatter and disperse an army which has been formed into order in the face of your heaviest fire ; but if you could , how much would you gain by forcing the sentiment which created ...
... organization which rallies around it . You can scarcely scatter and disperse an army which has been formed into order in the face of your heaviest fire ; but if you could , how much would you gain by forcing the sentiment which created ...
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Page 359 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of these offences, which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge...
Page 191 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 97 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 22 - 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 it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 207 - 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. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.
Page 23 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : 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 198 - ... order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 191 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or 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 do it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Page 358 - Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress...
Page 220 - We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.