Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 6Century Company, 1890 - United States |
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... magnanimity with which he had been treated . In fact , he thought the magnanimity was all upon his side . As time wore on he continually exaggerated CHAP . I. CHAP . I. 1862 . " McClel- lan's Own Story POPE'S VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN 25.
... magnanimity with which he had been treated . In fact , he thought the magnanimity was all upon his side . As time wore on he continually exaggerated CHAP . I. CHAP . I. 1862 . " McClel- lan's Own Story POPE'S VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN 25.
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... every incident or argument he could think of to justify his own conduct and to condemn that of the Government . Yet in this long narrative there is no hint that Lincoln or Halleck thought the cap- СНАР 26 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... every incident or argument he could think of to justify his own conduct and to condemn that of the Government . Yet in this long narrative there is no hint that Lincoln or Halleck thought the cap- СНАР 26 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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... thought Washington in danger . On the 31st of August he wrote to his wife : " I do not regard Washington as safe against the rebels . If I can quietly slip over there I will send your silver off . " If it were worth while to cumber ...
... thought Washington in danger . On the 31st of August he wrote to his wife : " I do not regard Washington as safe against the rebels . If I can quietly slip over there I will send your silver off . " If it were worth while to cumber ...
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... thought of the safety of that place in his mind , except as a secondary and permanent considera- tion . He was making ready a force to attack the enemy . On the 3d of September he wrote with his own hand this order , which sufficiently ...
... thought of the safety of that place in his mind , except as a secondary and permanent considera- tion . He was making ready a force to attack the enemy . On the 3d of September he wrote with his own hand this order , which sufficiently ...
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... thought the menace of the independence of Mexico on the part of European powers would have a tendency to bring about a cussed the Mexican question . He knew the very number of guns on the Morro , the sums the United States had spent on ...
... thought the menace of the independence of Mexico on the part of European powers would have a tendency to bring about a cussed the Mexican question . He knew the very number of guns on the Morro , the sums the United States had spent on ...
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Page 345 - 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 429 - Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution? By general law, life and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life ; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the preservation of the nation.
Page 412 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued 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 234 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 412 - 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 first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly...
Page 168 - 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 440 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that in all cases when allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. 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.
Page 153 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 412 - 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...
Page 339 - The importance for man and beast of the prescribed weekly rest, the sacred rights of Christian soldiers and sailors, a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a Christian people, and a due regard for the Divine Will demand that Sunday labor in the Army and Navy be reduced to the measure of strict necessity. The discipline and character of the national forces should not suffer nor the cause they defend be imperiled by the profanation of the day or name of the Most High. 'At this time of public...