Illustrated Life, Services, Martyrdom, and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln ...: With a Portrait of President Lincoln, and Other Illustrative Engravings of the Scene of the Assassination, Etc. ...David Brainerd Williamson |
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... live consists of that original , and twelve amendatory articles framed and adopted since . Those who now insist that Federal control of slavery in Federal territories violates the Constitution , point us to the provisions which they ...
... live consists of that original , and twelve amendatory articles framed and adopted since . Those who now insist that Federal control of slavery in Federal territories violates the Constitution , point us to the provisions which they ...
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... live . ' And so as- suming , I defy any man to show that any one of them ever , in his whole life , declared that , in his understanding , any proper division of local from Federal authority , or any part of the Con- stitution , forbade ...
... live . ' And so as- suming , I defy any man to show that any one of them ever , in his whole life , declared that , in his understanding , any proper division of local from Federal authority , or any part of the Con- stitution , forbade ...
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... live , understood this question just as well , and even better than we do now , ' speak as they spoke , and act as they acted upon it . This is all Republi- cans ask , all Republicans desire , in relation to slavery . As those fathers ...
... live , understood this question just as well , and even better than we do now , ' speak as they spoke , and act as they acted upon it . This is all Republi- cans ask , all Republicans desire , in relation to slavery . As those fathers ...
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... live , thought so clearly right as to adopt it , and indorse it again and again upon their official oaths , is , in fact , so clearly wrong as to demand your condemnation without a moment's consideration . " Some of you delight to ...
... live , thought so clearly right as to adopt it , and indorse it again and again upon their official oaths , is , in fact , so clearly wrong as to demand your condemnation without a moment's consideration . " Some of you delight to ...
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... live . Not one of all your various plans can show a precedent or an advocate in the century within which our go- vernment originated . Consider , then , whether your claim of conservatism for yourselves , and your charge of ...
... live . Not one of all your various plans can show a precedent or an advocate in the century within which our go- vernment originated . Consider , then , whether your claim of conservatism for yourselves , and your charge of ...
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Abolitionism ABRAHAM LINCOLN adopted April April 21 arms army arrived assassin authority Baltimore believe called capital caused the seal citizens City of Washington coffin command Congress Constitution Convention declared duty election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation Executive existing fathers favor Federal Fellow-citizens force Ford's Theatre Fort Pickens Fort Sumter friends give habeas corpus heart hereby hereunto set honor hope House Illinois inaugural Independence insurrection issued labor land liberty Lord one thousand Louisiana loyal Mayor McClellan ment military nation Navy never oath occasion officers party patriotism peace persons political present President Lincoln principle proclamation proper purpose question rebel rebellion received Republican SCHUYLER COLFAX seceded Secretary Secretary of War Senate sentiments set my hand SEWARD slavery slaves South South Carolina speak Sumter territory thereof thing thousand eight hundred tion treason Union United vote Washington whole words
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Page 97 - Whereas the laws of the United States have been for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 221 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 135 - ... 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. 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...
Page 91 - 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 134 - States; and the fact that any State, 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 voters of such...
Page 91 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 134 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state 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 voters of such...
Page 93 - Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible. So that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism, in some form, is all that is left.
Page 94 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 107 - And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question, whether a constitutional republic or democracy — a government of the people by the same people — can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.