The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places and Events, During Eight Years of Unparalleled American History |
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... turned from him ; but when one plain man , who sat in the White House , said , ' I rather like the man ; I think we'll try him a little longer , ' how could a soldier prove greater claims upon the confidence of the country than he did ...
... turned from him ; but when one plain man , who sat in the White House , said , ' I rather like the man ; I think we'll try him a little longer , ' how could a soldier prove greater claims upon the confidence of the country than he did ...
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... turned his eyes anxiously towards the mouth of the harbor where lay our succoring fleet , which dared not run the dark batteries that stretched between them and the fort . Thus the toilsome day wore away , and , as darkness enveloped ...
... turned his eyes anxiously towards the mouth of the harbor where lay our succoring fleet , which dared not run the dark batteries that stretched between them and the fort . Thus the toilsome day wore away , and , as darkness enveloped ...
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... turned pale with horror and indignation . No one who witnessed can ever forget the scenes in Chicago on that first eventful Sunday of the rebellion . Could it be , that our flag , emblem of nationality , and symbol of authority ...
... turned pale with horror and indignation . No one who witnessed can ever forget the scenes in Chicago on that first eventful Sunday of the rebellion . Could it be , that our flag , emblem of nationality , and symbol of authority ...
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... turned , took Sambo with me , and started to the river . As I looked for a boat , the darkey's eyes fairly started from their sockets , and he opened a tirade of eloquence that would have been irresistible under other circumstances ...
... turned , took Sambo with me , and started to the river . As I looked for a boat , the darkey's eyes fairly started from their sockets , and he opened a tirade of eloquence that would have been irresistible under other circumstances ...
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... turned from the burial to the life of danger that was so soon and so sure to bring them to a like abode . It was our first soldier's burial , and we remembered it . The next day the sun rose bright and clear , and the spirits of the ...
... turned from the burial to the life of danger that was so soon and so sure to bring them to a like abode . It was our first soldier's burial , and we remembered it . The next day the sun rose bright and clear , and the spirits of the ...
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Page 205 - 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 204 - 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 204 - 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 204 - 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. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them, that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
Page 204 - ... 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 211 - GENERAL: Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely: That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.
Page 204 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans,) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 204 - ... 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...
Page 18 - On all leading questions agitating the public mind I will always express my views to Congress and urge them according to my judgment, and when I think it advisable will exercise the constitutional privilege of interposing a veto to defeat measures which I oppose; but all laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet my approval or not. I shall on all subjects have a policy to recommend, but none to enforce against the will of the people.
Page 204 - Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do on this...