The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places and Events, During Eight Years of Unparalleled American History |
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... United States ! The ascent was so rapid that most men would have grown giddy with the flight ; but he did not . Calmly he con- sented to wearing each new grade of honor conferred by a country too anxious to find some means of expressing ...
... United States ! The ascent was so rapid that most men would have grown giddy with the flight ; but he did not . Calmly he con- sented to wearing each new grade of honor conferred by a country too anxious to find some means of expressing ...
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... United States , he was most unjustly and causelessly threatened with arrest and deprived of his command , and that he did his best , while claim- ing justice from his commanding officer before he would withdraw his resignation , to ...
... United States , he was most unjustly and causelessly threatened with arrest and deprived of his command , and that he did his best , while claim- ing justice from his commanding officer before he would withdraw his resignation , to ...
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... United States . " It was felt by the friends of General Grant that his duties in the War Office were most severely to test his ability , and that his position would gravely imperil his political future . He knew the same . To accept ...
... United States . " It was felt by the friends of General Grant that his duties in the War Office were most severely to test his ability , and that his position would gravely imperil his political future . He knew the same . To accept ...
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... rose and nominated as candidate for the Presidency , Ulysses S. Grant , of Galena , Illinois , General of the Armies of the United States ! The applause was most enthusiastic , and deafening , and long 36 GRANT AND PEACE .
... rose and nominated as candidate for the Presidency , Ulysses S. Grant , of Galena , Illinois , General of the Armies of the United States ! The applause was most enthusiastic , and deafening , and long 36 GRANT AND PEACE .
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... United States . Who were his parents ? Plain , honest , God - fearing people ; not aristocratic , not rich , not devotees to fashion , -but noted for their goodness . Says an able writer , of General Lee : " The fact of his being a Lee ...
... United States . Who were his parents ? Plain , honest , God - fearing people ; not aristocratic , not rich , not devotees to fashion , -but noted for their goodness . Says an able writer , of General Lee : " The fact of his being a Lee ...
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Page 205 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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...
Page 206 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 214 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 206 - Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do on this...
Page 206 - States are, and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the Military and Naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them, that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
Page 207 - 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 206 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...
Page 206 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans. Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 205 - ... or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified...
Page 20 - On all leading questions agitating the public mind I will always express my views to Congress and urge them according to my judgment, and when I think it advisable will exercise the constitutional privilege of interposing a veto to defeat measures which I oppose; but all laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet my approval or not. I shall on all subjects have a policy to recommend, but none to enforce against the will of the people.