History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... to the country . The Mexican War was then in pro- gress , and Congress had to deal with grave questions arising out of it , besides the many which were to be passed upon as to the means by which it was 22 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... to the country . The Mexican War was then in pro- gress , and Congress had to deal with grave questions arising out of it , besides the many which were to be passed upon as to the means by which it was 22 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... means by which it was to be carried on . The irrepressible Slavery Question was there , also , in many of its Protean forms , in questions on the right of petition , in questions as to the District of Columbia , in many questions as to ...
... means by which it was to be carried on . The irrepressible Slavery Question was there , also , in many of its Protean forms , in questions on the right of petition , in questions as to the District of Columbia , in many questions as to ...
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... means and appliances , he shall suc- ceed in bringing public sentiment to an exact accord- ance with his own views - when these vast assemblages shall echo back all these sentiments , when they shall come to repeat his views and to avow ...
... means and appliances , he shall suc- ceed in bringing public sentiment to an exact accord- ance with his own views - when these vast assemblages shall echo back all these sentiments , when they shall come to repeat his views and to avow ...
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... means by which the people of a Territory could exclude Slavery from its limits in spite of the Dred Scott decision . When Mr. Lincoln was preparing these questions for Douglas , he was urged by some of his friends not to corner him on ...
... means by which the people of a Territory could exclude Slavery from its limits in spite of the Dred Scott decision . When Mr. Lincoln was preparing these questions for Douglas , he was urged by some of his friends not to corner him on ...
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... mean the same thing , while using the same word , it perhaps were as well if they would keep silence , The words " coercion " and " invasion " are much used in these days , and often with some temper and hot blood . Let us make sure ...
... mean the same thing , while using the same word , it perhaps were as well if they would keep silence , The words " coercion " and " invasion " are much used in these days , and often with some temper and hot blood . Let us make sure ...
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Page 463 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 210 - seem to be pursuing" as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Page 113 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 128 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 211 - I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oftexpressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free.
Page 118 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 215 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 218 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 78 - Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support, and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance, without which I cannot succeed, but with which, success is certain. Again I bid you all an affectionate farewell.
Page 118 - Constitution and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself. The great...