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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... present course . Mr. Douglas had always claimed to have voted for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise because he sus- tained the " great principle " of Popular Sovereignty , and desired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Ne- braska ...
... present course . Mr. Douglas had always claimed to have voted for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise because he sus- tained the " great principle " of Popular Sovereignty , and desired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Ne- braska ...
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... present limits ; " did not propose to decide that Dred Scott was free , but did not believe that the decision in that case was a po- litical rule binding the voters , the Congress , or the Presi- dent , and proposed " so resisting it as ...
... present limits ; " did not propose to decide that Dred Scott was free , but did not believe that the decision in that case was a po- litical rule binding the voters , the Congress , or the Presi- dent , and proposed " so resisting it as ...
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... taken . In a few moments came across the wires the announcement of the result . The Superintendent of the Telegraph Company , who was present , wrote on a scrap of paper , " Mr. Lincoln : You LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 45.
... taken . In a few moments came across the wires the announcement of the result . The Superintendent of the Telegraph Company , who was present , wrote on a scrap of paper , " Mr. Lincoln : You LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 45.
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... present - a Committee appointed by the Re- publican Convention recently assembled at Chicago— to discharge a most pleasant duty . We have come , sir , under a vote of instructions to that Committee , to noti- fy you that you have been ...
... present - a Committee appointed by the Re- publican Convention recently assembled at Chicago— to discharge a most pleasant duty . We have come , sir , under a vote of instructions to that Committee , to noti- fy you that you have been ...
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... present . They decided , by resolutions , that each of the Southern States should secede from the Union as soon as possible ; that a Convention of seceding States should be held at Montgomery , Alabama , not later than the 15th of ...
... present . They decided , by resolutions , that each of the Southern States should secede from the Union as soon as possible ; that a Convention of seceding States should be held at Montgomery , Alabama , not later than the 15th of ...
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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...