Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 203
... command respect which sustains this year what it opposed last . Secondly , Douglas ( who is the most dangerous enemy of liberty , because the most insidious one ) would have but little support in the North , and , by conse- quence , no ...
... command respect which sustains this year what it opposed last . Secondly , Douglas ( who is the most dangerous enemy of liberty , because the most insidious one ) would have but little support in the North , and , by conse- quence , no ...
Page 253
... command of the harbor and the President's ability to execute the revenue laws may depend on it . . . . The power to defend the public property , to resist an assailing force which unlawfully attempts to drive out troops of the United ...
... command of the harbor and the President's ability to execute the revenue laws may depend on it . . . . The power to defend the public property , to resist an assailing force which unlawfully attempts to drive out troops of the United ...
Page 254
... commands the harbor . We may still exe- cute the laws if we try . He concludes by entreating the President to " order the Brooklyn and the Macedonian to Charleston without the least delay , and in the meantime to send a trusty messenger ...
... commands the harbor . We may still exe- cute the laws if we try . He concludes by entreating the President to " order the Brooklyn and the Macedonian to Charleston without the least delay , and in the meantime to send a trusty messenger ...
Page 290
... command of Fox , who did not receive the Presi- dent's decisive order for its departure until the 4th of April , when the preparations were still uncompleted . — The officers of the Navy received sealed orders through Secretary Welles ...
... command of Fox , who did not receive the Presi- dent's decisive order for its departure until the 4th of April , when the preparations were still uncompleted . — The officers of the Navy received sealed orders through Secretary Welles ...
Page 301
... command of only forty - five men , was apprised of the near approach of Virginia militia , about twenty - five hundred strong , on Thursday evening ( the 18th ) , and , after prompt measures to burn the Goy- ernment works and to destroy ...
... command of only forty - five men , was apprised of the near approach of Virginia militia , about twenty - five hundred strong , on Thursday evening ( the 18th ) , and , after prompt measures to burn the Goy- ernment works and to destroy ...
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