History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... claim to secede from it ? All who cherish disunion senti . ments are now being educated to the exact temper of doing this . Is there such perfect identity of interests among the States to com- pose a new Union , as to produce harmony ...
... claim to secede from it ? All who cherish disunion senti . ments are now being educated to the exact temper of doing this . Is there such perfect identity of interests among the States to com- pose a new Union , as to produce harmony ...
Page 131
... claim to have seceded , believ- ing that the commencement of actual war against the Government justi- fies and possibly demands it . I scarcely need to say that I consider the military posts and property situated within the States which ...
... claim to have seceded , believ- ing that the commencement of actual war against the Government justi- fies and possibly demands it . I scarcely need to say that I consider the military posts and property situated within the States which ...
Page 132
... claim to have seceded , as yet belonging to the Government of the United States as much as they did before the supposed secession . Whatever else I may do for the purpose , I shall not attempt to collect the duties and imposts by any ...
... claim to have seceded , as yet belonging to the Government of the United States as much as they did before the supposed secession . Whatever else I may do for the purpose , I shall not attempt to collect the duties and imposts by any ...
Page 134
... claims that Great Britain ought to show them . You will not consent to draw into debate before the British Government any opposing moral principles which may be supposed to lie at the founda- tion of the controversy between those States ...
... claims that Great Britain ought to show them . You will not consent to draw into debate before the British Government any opposing moral principles which may be supposed to lie at the founda- tion of the controversy between those States ...
Page 146
... claim of power to lawfully destroy the Union itself ? Much is said about the " sovereignty " of the States ; but the word even is not in the national Constitution ; nor , as is believed , in any of the State constitutions . What is ...
... claim of power to lawfully destroy the Union itself ? Much is said about the " sovereignty " of the States ; but the word even is not in the national Constitution ; nor , as is believed , in any of the State constitutions . What is ...
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