 I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel, and yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment...  Popular Images of American Presidentsedited by - 1988 - 625 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | 1865 - 810 pages
...Governor Bramlette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows : — " I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot...unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...presence, to Governor Bramlette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows: " I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot...unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...follows : I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not rememher when I did not so think and feel. And yet, I have...unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took, that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - Patriotic poetry, American - 1864 - 200 pages
...presence, to Governor Bramlette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows:— and feel. And yet I hare never understood that the Presidency conferred upon...unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cnn not remember when I did not so think and feel ; nnd yet I hnx*e itutional when, in the absence of rebellion or invasion, the public safety does net officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...Bramlette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows : — I am naturally antislavery. ,If slavery la not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not see, think, and feel that it was wrong ; and yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...presence, to Governor Bramlette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows : " 1 am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot...unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took, that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1865 - 78 pages
...presence, to Governor Bramlette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows : " I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot...unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend... | |
 | 1865 - 538 pages
...Governor Braralette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows : — " I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot...unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in "the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend... | |
 | George Washington Bacon - Biography - 1865 - 206 pages
...presence, to Governor Bramlette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows : " I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot...unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend... | |
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