Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and debates, 1858-1859Current literature publishing Company, 1907 |
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... thought that this idea of him , there gathered by me , best expresses the essence of his character - an in- spired disregard of personal interest , and a com- plete self - surrender of everything to the welfare of all men , especially ...
... thought that this idea of him , there gathered by me , best expresses the essence of his character - an in- spired disregard of personal interest , and a com- plete self - surrender of everything to the welfare of all men , especially ...
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... be- tween Mr. Trumbull and me ? I thought I was run- ning against Abraham Lincoln , that he claimed to be my opponent , and challenged me to a discussion of the public questions of the day with him , and DEBATE WITH DOUGLAS [ Sept. 18.
... be- tween Mr. Trumbull and me ? I thought I was run- ning against Abraham Lincoln , that he claimed to be my opponent , and challenged me to a discussion of the public questions of the day with him , and DEBATE WITH DOUGLAS [ Sept. 18.
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... thought that Lincoln made a bad bargain when he conspired with such rogues as Trumbull and the Abolitionists . I would like to know whether Lincoln had as high an opinion of Trumbull's veracity when the latter agreed to support him for ...
... thought that Lincoln made a bad bargain when he conspired with such rogues as Trumbull and the Abolitionists . I would like to know whether Lincoln had as high an opinion of Trumbull's veracity when the latter agreed to support him for ...
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... thought he was entitled to it , Browning knew that he deserved it , Wentworth was certain that he would get it , Peck had hopes , Judd felt sure that he was the man , and Palmer had claims and had made arrangements to secure it ; but ...
... thought he was entitled to it , Browning knew that he deserved it , Wentworth was certain that he would get it , Peck had hopes , Judd felt sure that he was the man , and Palmer had claims and had made arrangements to secure it ; but ...
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... thought that the fact of his changing his name so often to avoid detec- tion was pretty strong evidence of his guilt . I would like to know why it is that this great Free - soil Abolition party is not willing to avow the same name in ...
... thought that the fact of his changing his name so often to avoid detec- tion was pretty strong evidence of his guilt . I would like to know why it is that this great Free - soil Abolition party is not willing to avow the same name in ...
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Page 110 - 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 111 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. 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 89 - I hold that notwithstanding all this there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 225 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 201 - 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 65 - Now, as we have already said in an earlier part of this opinion, upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 155 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 108 - ... Let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man ; this race and that race and the other race being inferior, and therefore they must be placed in an inferior position ; discarding our standard that we have left us.
Page 285 - A few men own capital, and that few avoid labor themselves, and, with their capital, hire or buy another few to labor for them. A large majority belong to neither class -neither work for others, nor have others working for them.
Page 202 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to inter-marry with white people...