Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also, a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented Demise |
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The Legislature , at this session , had taken from the Governor the power of appointing State's attorneys for the several judicial districts , and provided that these officers should be elected by the Legislature , in joint convention .
The Legislature , at this session , had taken from the Governor the power of appointing State's attorneys for the several judicial districts , and provided that these officers should be elected by the Legislature , in joint convention .
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... the officers of the court and the volunteer attorney sat at the tea - table of their hotel , a messenger announced that the jury had returned to their seats . All repaired immediately to the court - house , and while the prisoner ...
... the officers of the court and the volunteer attorney sat at the tea - table of their hotel , a messenger announced that the jury had returned to their seats . All repaired immediately to the court - house , and while the prisoner ...
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Whether our citizens , whose blood was shed , as in his messages declared , were or were not , at that time , armed officers and soldiers , sent into that settlement by the military order of the President , through the Secretary of War ...
Whether our citizens , whose blood was shed , as in his messages declared , were or were not , at that time , armed officers and soldiers , sent into that settlement by the military order of the President , through the Secretary of War ...
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But now at the end of about twenty months , during which time our arms have given us the most splendid successes - every department , and every part , land and water , officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men ...
But now at the end of about twenty months , during which time our arms have given us the most splendid successes - every department , and every part , land and water , officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men ...
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Nor were the Whigs few in number , or laggard in the day of danger . In that fearful , bloody , breathless struggle at Buena Vista , where each man's hard task was to beat back five foes , or die himself , of the five high officers ...
Nor were the Whigs few in number , or laggard in the day of danger . In that fearful , bloody , breathless struggle at Buena Vista , where each man's hard task was to beat back five foes , or die himself , of the five high officers ...
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Page 394 - 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.
Page 394 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 209 - Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.
Page 441 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Page 203 - Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure forever — it being impossible to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself.
Page 204 - It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Page 394 - 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 124 - But if the Negro is a man, is it not to that extent a total destruction of self-government to say that he too shall not govern himself? When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government— that is despotism. If the Negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created equal," and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Page 216 - Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon, the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 204 - 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.
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| Title | Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also, a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes ... Core collection HeinOnline: Core collection HeinOnline: U.S. presidential library PCMI collection Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law Spinelli's law library reference shelf U.S. presidential library |
| Author | Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Publisher | Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Aug 2006 |
| ISBN | 0827429177, 9780827429178 |
| Length | 842 pages |
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