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... followed to the greatest advantage , since it was in Springfield that , in addition to the State Courts , the Circuit and District Courts of the United States sat . He obtained his license as an attorney in 1837 , and commenced his ...
... followed to the greatest advantage , since it was in Springfield that , in addition to the State Courts , the Circuit and District Courts of the United States sat . He obtained his license as an attorney in 1837 , and commenced his ...
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... followed his great political rival , Douglas , seeking every opportunity to contend with him . From 1837 he concerned himself little with the politics of his state , but entered with zeal into the higher interests of the Federal Union ...
... followed his great political rival , Douglas , seeking every opportunity to contend with him . From 1837 he concerned himself little with the politics of his state , but entered with zeal into the higher interests of the Federal Union ...
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... followed by a singular misfortune . In 1843 , Lincoln was a Whig candidate for Congress , but was defeated . " He had a hard time of it , and was compelled to meet accusations of a strange character . Among other things , he was charged ...
... followed by a singular misfortune . In 1843 , Lincoln was a Whig candidate for Congress , but was defeated . " He had a hard time of it , and was compelled to meet accusations of a strange character . Among other things , he was charged ...
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... followed.1 His own personal popularity was at all times very great . man , 1 His biographies abound in proof of this . " He believed that a in order to effect anything , should work through organisations of mẹn . ” — Holland , p . 92 ...
... followed.1 His own personal popularity was at all times very great . man , 1 His biographies abound in proof of this . " He believed that a in order to effect anything , should work through organisations of mẹn . ” — Holland , p . 92 ...
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... great , however unprecedented its demands on his power might be . From Springfield Lincoln followed Douglas to Peoria , where he delivered , in debate , another great speech . Not liking slavery in itself , Lincoln was.
... great , however unprecedented its demands on his power might be . From Springfield Lincoln followed Douglas to Peoria , where he delivered , in debate , another great speech . Not liking slavery in itself , Lincoln was.
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Abraham Lincoln: And the Abolition of Slavery in the United States (Classic ... Charles Godfrey Leland No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 127 - 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 76 - 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 126 - States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State 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 voters of such...
Page 128 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. 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 98 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 208 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
Page 137 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 126 - 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 75 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 127 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...