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... touching slavery as an institution , at the time the fathers were engaged in framing the Federal Constitution , they were not prepared for immediate emancipation . Objections were urged against it . It was thought that the economic ...
... touching slavery as an institution , at the time the fathers were engaged in framing the Federal Constitution , they were not prepared for immediate emancipation . Objections were urged against it . It was thought that the economic ...
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... touching the right to hold property in man , and the policy of maintaining this system of labor , and in the significant fact that the slaves were fast dis- appearing from this section of the country . The recent action of Russia ...
... touching the right to hold property in man , and the policy of maintaining this system of labor , and in the significant fact that the slaves were fast dis- appearing from this section of the country . The recent action of Russia ...
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... touching the abolition of slavery in Cuba , remarking that " it was contrary to the laws of nature , and could no longer be maintained in the civilized world . " Surely , the world moves ! Perhaps it will be found , upon careful ...
... touching the abolition of slavery in Cuba , remarking that " it was contrary to the laws of nature , and could no longer be maintained in the civilized world . " Surely , the world moves ! Perhaps it will be found , upon careful ...
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... touching their constitutional rights , and remember the intensity of the popular feeling therein ; the fierce invective of the press ; the acrimony of Congressional debate , and all the cir- cumstances which surrounded and controlled ...
... touching their constitutional rights , and remember the intensity of the popular feeling therein ; the fierce invective of the press ; the acrimony of Congressional debate , and all the cir- cumstances which surrounded and controlled ...
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... touching many mat- ters of national concern . The people of different States may not agree as to the policy which should govern in respect to fiscal measures , tariffs , the dis- position of public lands , the construction of public ...
... touching many mat- ters of national concern . The people of different States may not agree as to the policy which should govern in respect to fiscal measures , tariffs , the dis- position of public lands , the construction of public ...
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Bronze Group Commemorating Emancipation: A Gift to the City of Boston from ... Frederick Octavius Prince No preview available - 2017 |
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abolition of slavery Abraham Lincoln adopted Alderman Breck Board of Aldermen Boston Latin School bronze group cause character Charles H. B. Breck City Council City of Boston civil Columbus avenue commemorates Committee on Common Common Council COUNTRY AT PEACE Daniel D Declaration dedicate destroyed duty Emanci enemies evil Executive Government exist Faneuil Hall flowering plants freedom fugitive slave law gift group emblematical Honorable Moses Kimball institution Joint Special Committee Josiah Quincy judgment junction of Columbus justice liberty Lord one thousand lot of land maintain Mayor military mind moral national government negro North opinions Park square patriotism Phillips Brooks Pleasant street political PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION RACE SET FREE rebellion Republican party respect revolution right of secession save the Union sentiments slave-trade South South Carolina southern statesmen statue suitable fence system of labor territory thank Thee Thou thousand eight hundred tion to-day triangular lot ultimate extinction United Washington
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Page 17 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued 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 53 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 15 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of 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 15 - 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 49 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend...
Page 48 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States, that, by the accession of a Republican administration, their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed, and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you.
Page 48 - 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 16 - 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...
Page 16 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 49 - I now reiterate these sentiments; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in anywise endangered by the now incoming administration.