The Table Talk of Abraham LincolnF.A. Stokes Company, 1894 - 154 pages Donated by Carl W. Schaefer. |
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Page 29
... soldier condemned to be shot for a purely technical " deser- tion " : Well , I think the boy can do us more good above ground than under ground . " On pardoning twenty - four deser- tions at once , all of whom were sentenced to be shot ...
... soldier condemned to be shot for a purely technical " deser- tion " : Well , I think the boy can do us more good above ground than under ground . " On pardoning twenty - four deser- tions at once , all of whom were sentenced to be shot ...
Page 30
... soldier condemned to death : " Well ! —I don't believe shooting will do him any good . - Give me that pen . " To a friend , who had obtained from him a pardon for a deserter : " Some of our generals complain that I impair discipline and ...
... soldier condemned to death : " Well ! —I don't believe shooting will do him any good . - Give me that pen . " To a friend , who had obtained from him a pardon for a deserter : " Some of our generals complain that I impair discipline and ...
Page 43
... soldiers who from time to time came over and offered to serve in the Union armies was one young man who , on receiving his commission as lieuten- ant , assured the President that he belonged to the oldest nobility of Germany . " Oh ...
... soldiers who from time to time came over and offered to serve in the Union armies was one young man who , on receiving his commission as lieuten- ant , assured the President that he belonged to the oldest nobility of Germany . " Oh ...
Page 76
... soldiers , and many have feared that their return home in such great numbers might paralyze industry , by furnishing sud- denly , a greater supply of labor than there will be a demand for . I am going to try to attract them to the ...
... soldiers , and many have feared that their return home in such great numbers might paralyze industry , by furnishing sud- denly , a greater supply of labor than there will be a demand for . I am going to try to attract them to the ...
Page 89
... soldiers and to obtain and equip vessels of war . No other president , excepting Washington , was ever compelled to be actually the general - in - chief , supervising , if need should be , all subordinate generals . His commu- nications ...
... soldiers and to obtain and equip vessels of war . No other president , excepting Washington , was ever compelled to be actually the general - in - chief , supervising , if need should be , all subordinate generals . His commu- nications ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN affairs Almighty Ameri American announcement army asked assassination believe bless cerning CHICAGO chin-fly churches civil coln colored Consti Constitution CONVERSATION CUTHBERT BULLITT deal declared Divine duty EMANCIPATION endure EXECUTIVE MANSION fathers Fillmore forces GRESS Habeas corpus hands Heaven human hundred ILLS INAUGURAL ADDRESS indispensable JULY JULY 26 JUNE JUNE 12 justice keep labor LETTER liberty litical living Lord Lord Lyons MARCH ment MESSAGE TO CONGRESS METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH mighty never occasion OHIO pardon peace preserve President principle PROCLAMATION public safety quire rebellion or invasion REPLY REVERDY JOHNSON safe save the Union SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE SEPT SERENADE slavery soldiers SPEECH AT PEORIA SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD stitution STODDARD struggle success sure surrender thing thought tion tional trial true tution ultimate extinction utterances White House WORKINGMEN YORK