Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His TimeAllen Thorndike Rice |
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... charge of intent is not found . In the unsettled condition of the question of recog- nizing the Southern Confederacy , he did not deem it best to threaten ; and so , instead of " No one of these proceedings will be borne by the United ...
... charge of intent is not found . In the unsettled condition of the question of recog- nizing the Southern Confederacy , he did not deem it best to threaten ; and so , instead of " No one of these proceedings will be borne by the United ...
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... charged with not acting in good faith toward him and to those with whom he was associated . He never forgot the obligations he was under to those who had faithfully stood by him in his contest , through good and evil report . Allied to ...
... charged with not acting in good faith toward him and to those with whom he was associated . He never forgot the obligations he was under to those who had faithfully stood by him in his contest , through good and evil report . Allied to ...
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... charges against Senator Baker were summarily with- drawn and apologized for , and such a disposition of the offices on the Pacific slope finally made as proved satisfactory to all parties . These facts I learned at the time from an ...
... charges against Senator Baker were summarily with- drawn and apologized for , and such a disposition of the offices on the Pacific slope finally made as proved satisfactory to all parties . These facts I learned at the time from an ...
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... charged with thus prolonging the war and ag- gravating its cost by paralyzing one of the most po- tent means of putting down the rebellion , and pur- posely leaving the owners of large estates in full possession of their lands at the ...
... charged with thus prolonging the war and ag- gravating its cost by paralyzing one of the most po- tent means of putting down the rebellion , and pur- posely leaving the owners of large estates in full possession of their lands at the ...
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... charge of the government , and whose war purposes and policy were clearly defined . Each party And , even On the 22d day of August , I received a telegram from Mr. John G. Nicolay , Private Secretary , saying that the President desired ...
... charge of the government , and whose war purposes and policy were clearly defined . Each party And , even On the 22d day of August , I received a telegram from Mr. John G. Nicolay , Private Secretary , saying that the President desired ...
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Page 91 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 415 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 120 - Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes.
Page 549 - 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 82 - It follows from these views that no state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void; and that acts of violence within any state or states against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 283 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 81 - 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 133 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.
Page 122 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Page 537 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree 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...