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" We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. "
Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 171
by John Wien Forney - 1873
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LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF HON. JAMES G. BLAINE

H.J. Ramsdell - 1884 - 696 pages
...the President thus explains this act: "In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth. * * * The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just—a way which, if followed, the world will forever...
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Life and Public Services of Hon. Grover Cleveland: The Model Citizen ...

William Dorsheimer - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1884 - 590 pages
...President thus explains this act : " In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth. * * * The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever...
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Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine, the Brilliant Orator and ...

Henry J. Ramsdell - Presidents - 1884 - 944 pages
...nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth. * * * The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless." In 1864, by a respectable majority in the popular vote and a large one in the electoral college, Mr....
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The Great Conspiracy: Its Origin and History

John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...power, and bear the responsibility. " In giving Freedom to the Slave, we assure Freedom to the Free— Honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....generous, just— a way which, if followed, the World would forever applaud, and God must forever bless. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN." The popular Branch of Congress...
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1134 pages
...power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve....could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, jast — a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. ABRAHAM...
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A History of the United States in Chronological Order from A.D. 432 to the ...

Frederick Thomas Jones - United States - 1886 - 350 pages
...the following Message to Congress: ' ' In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve....save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just— a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud,...
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A History of the United States in Chronological Order from A.D. 432 to the ...

Frederick Thomas Jones - United States - 1886 - 330 pages
...shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. The way is plain, peaceful, glorious, just— a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." The slaves having been decided (Dred Scott's case) to be property, could be confiscated by the army,...
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The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in ..., Volume 17

John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. The reverses in the army and at the polls greatly emboldened the " Opposition," and Congress had barely...
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Marching to Victory: The Second Period of the War of the Rebellion ..., Volume 5

Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1888 - 522 pages
...the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to tlicfree, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." One week after the delivery of this message came the battle of Fredericksburg ("Drum-beat of the Nation,"...
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Marching to Victory: The Second Period of the War of the Rebellion ..., Volume 5

Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1888 - 526 pages
...the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve....best hope of earth. Other means may succeed ; this conld not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world...
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