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... senator can step from his chair at the Capitol into the White House , and fulfil the office of Presi- dent with more skill and success than a Grant , Sherman , or 5 Sheridan , who were soldiers by education and nature , who filled well ...
... senator can step from his chair at the Capitol into the White House , and fulfil the office of Presi- dent with more skill and success than a Grant , Sherman , or 5 Sheridan , who were soldiers by education and nature , who filled well ...
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... senate , acting in revolutionary fashion , by thoroughly ventilating the whole matter , topple everything over . He 20 has been the highly honest man , the man of loyal life , and he thought that the truth was sufficient unto itself ...
... senate , acting in revolutionary fashion , by thoroughly ventilating the whole matter , topple everything over . He 20 has been the highly honest man , the man of loyal life , and he thought that the truth was sufficient unto itself ...
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... Senator of the United States is in no need of Mr. George Francis Train's instruction , and is quite above his reprehension- and for 10 that matter , of his comprehension also . Mr. Train's only retort must be : " Well , neither does the ...
... Senator of the United States is in no need of Mr. George Francis Train's instruction , and is quite above his reprehension- and for 10 that matter , of his comprehension also . Mr. Train's only retort must be : " Well , neither does the ...
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... Senate was induced to prefer the Panama route by a bribe of half the sum to be paid to the French company $ 20,000,000 for the thieves in France and $ 20,000,000 for the thieves in America , " or of a suggestion that any Washington ...
... Senate was induced to prefer the Panama route by a bribe of half the sum to be paid to the French company $ 20,000,000 for the thieves in France and $ 20,000,000 for the thieves in America , " or of a suggestion that any Washington ...
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... Senator of Ohio , Major - General of the army of the 15 United States and Representative - elect to the National Congress . A combination of honors so varied , so elevated , within a period so brief and to a man so young , is without ...
... Senator of Ohio , Major - General of the army of the 15 United States and Representative - elect to the National Congress . A combination of honors so varied , so elevated , within a period so brief and to a man so young , is without ...
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Page 228 - 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 229 - 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...
Page 15 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 15 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Page 239 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Page 235 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 232 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government and to collect the duties and imposts; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 15 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 232 - 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 239 - 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.