| James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 700 pages
...government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, Is there in all Republics this inherent and fatal weakness? Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?" The President was severe upon Virginia and Virginians. He had made earnest effort to save the State... | |
| William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness ? ' ' Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...own people or too weak to maintain its own existence ? ' " These questions presented the precise view of the case held by European statesmen, and they had... | |
| William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 538 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness 2' ' Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...own people or too weak to maintain its own existence ?'" These questions presented the precise view of the case held by European statesmen, and they had... | |
| William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness ? ' ' Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...own people or too weak to maintain its own existence ? ' " These questions presented the precise view of the case held by European statesmen, and they had... | |
| John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness?' 'Must a Government of necessity be too strong tor the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain...the War power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its preservation." The Call for Troops was made,... | |
| Samuel Wylie Crawford - Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) - 1887 - 554 pages
...by the same people, can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes. Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...own people or too weak to maintain its own existence ?" APPENDIX IV. " STEAMSHIP Baltic, "Thursday, April 18, 1861. "GENERAL : " I have the honor to submit... | |
| Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness?' 'Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...people or too weak to maintain its own existence?'" It will be noticed that in this message, as shown by the above extract, Lincoln was only enforcing... | |
| RĂ©gis de Trobriand - United States - 1888 - 816 pages
...the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness ? ' ' Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? ' " Congress, which is the soul of the people, could not be silent on the question of slavery. It... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...the earth. It forces us to ask : "Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness?" " Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain ite own existence?" So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government;... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...the earth. It forces us to ask, " Is there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness?" " Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...the war power of the government ; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation. Ths call was made, and the response... | |
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