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... slaves , whose shackles the ballot must strike off . One will have it that they are all - pow- erful sovereigns , and another likens them to the most helpless and degraded of the human race . Another trait of our critics is the skill ...
... slaves , whose shackles the ballot must strike off . One will have it that they are all - pow- erful sovereigns , and another likens them to the most helpless and degraded of the human race . Another trait of our critics is the skill ...
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... slaves , he would have cared for them , perhaps , as he cared for his horses . But their persons were free while their farms and houses were his , and thus his only object was to wring out of them the last penny which they could pay ...
... slaves , he would have cared for them , perhaps , as he cared for his horses . But their persons were free while their farms and houses were his , and thus his only object was to wring out of them the last penny which they could pay ...
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... slaves as laborers in the army . Fugitive slaves were so employed long before the utterance of such a manifesto had been contem- plated , or the thought of it tolerated by the President . Just as little was the Proclamation a necessary ...
... slaves as laborers in the army . Fugitive slaves were so employed long before the utterance of such a manifesto had been contem- plated , or the thought of it tolerated by the President . Just as little was the Proclamation a necessary ...
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... slavery , and proclaim- ing the emancipation of all slaves within States remaining in insur- rection on the 1st of January , 1863. ” * So the first intimation made to the Cabinet of a purpose to proclaim the liberation of slaves in the ...
... slavery , and proclaim- ing the emancipation of all slaves within States remaining in insur- rection on the 1st of January , 1863. ” * So the first intimation made to the Cabinet of a purpose to proclaim the liberation of slaves in the ...
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... slavery in the se- ceded States by " assuring the blacks of freedom on condition of loyalty , and by organizing the ... slaves in the Con- federate States . As this letter was the first as well as the most pithy and syllogistic public ...
... slavery in the se- ceded States by " assuring the blacks of freedom on condition of loyalty , and by organizing the ... slaves in the Con- federate States . As this letter was the first as well as the most pithy and syllogistic public ...
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Page 154 - the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where his grapes of wrath are stored; I have seen the fitful lightnings of his terrible swift
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Page 497 - Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply— "Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die.'
Page 496 - there is a solid energy of reprobation which the poor and unfashionable will always admire : " Good-by to Flattery's fawning face; To Grandeur with his wise grimace; To upstart Wealth's averted eye; To supple office, low and high; To crowded halls, to court and street; To frozen hearts and hasting feet; To those who go, and those who come ; Good-by, proud world
Page 421 - resignation as Commander-in-Chief, they affirmed to be "no less rare to mankind than valuable to a republic " ; and concluded thus : *' For your country's sake—for the sake of republican liberty—it is our earnest wish that your example may be the guide of your successors, and thus, after being the ornament and safeguard of the
Page 231 - or propriety; and I am persuaded, whatever partiality may "be retained for my services, that, in the present circumstances of onr country, you will not disapprove my determination to retire.
Page 496 - prayer and praise are inspired ; and that— " One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost." By far the greater number of his poems are upon the
Page 303 - and morning. I have never abandoned it myself, and I know the comfort of it." These letters show that Dickens was completely spoiled by his amazing success, both as an author and a reader : his constant complaint about small things is childish ; especially is this the case during his last visit to America in 1867-'68, when a
Page 314 - ever subordinate served superior. I may be on the brink of eternity, and, as I hope for forgiveness from m; Maker, I have written this letter with sincerity toward you, and from love
Page 472 - GENERAL : On the receipt of the order of the President sent herewith, you will immediately turn over your command to Major-General Burnside, and repair to Trenton, New Jersey; reporting on your arrival at that place for further orders. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,