Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin |
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... he pleases with him . But if the negro is a man , is it not to that extent a total de- struction of self - government to say that he too shall not govern himself ? When the white man governs him- self , that is self - government ; but when ...
... he pleases with him . But if the negro is a man , is it not to that extent a total de- struction of self - government to say that he too shall not govern himself ? When the white man governs him- self , that is self - government ; but when ...
Page 279
... man is good enough to govern another man , without that other's consent . I say this is the leading principle , the sheet - anchor of American Republicanism . Our Declaration of Independence says : That all men are " We hold these truths to ...
... man is good enough to govern another man , without that other's consent . I say this is the leading principle , the sheet - anchor of American Republicanism . Our Declaration of Independence says : That all men are " We hold these truths to ...
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... self - govern- ment to hang men for engaging in this profitable trade . Another important objection to this application of the right of self - government , is , that it enables the first FEW to deprive the succeeding MANY of a free ...
... self - govern- ment to hang men for engaging in this profitable trade . Another important objection to this application of the right of self - government , is , that it enables the first FEW to deprive the succeeding MANY of a free ...
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Page 347 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 100 - 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 239 - 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 243 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 216 - 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 217 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 181 - 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 202 - But you say you are conservative — eminently conservative — while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by "our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Page 189 - It is this : Does the proper division of local from Federal authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? " Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans the negative.
Page 194 - ... their oath to support the Constitution, would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again, George Washington, another of the "thirty-nine...