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" But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. "
History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut: From the First Indian Deed in 1659 ... - Page 1106
by William Cothren - 1872
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Our Origin, Dangers and Duties: The Annual Address Before the Mayor and ...

Edward Wilmot Blyden - Liberia - 1865 - 86 pages
...with a sense of justice, the holy flame found vent in the memorable words : " If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle — I was about to say that I would rather be assassinated upon the spot than to surrender it." And the same unsullied integrity,...
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A Tribute of Respect by the Citizens of Troy, to the Memory of Abraham Lincoln

Troy (N.Y.). Citizens - 1865 - 404 pages
...lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say / would rather be assassinated upon the spot than surrender it." I need not follow the great question...
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Our Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln: Voices from the Pulpit of New York ...

George Bancroft - Rare books - 1865 - 436 pages
...save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. Lut il this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say / would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. I have said nothing but what I am willing...
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Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Part 4

United States. Department of State - United States - 1866 - 764 pages
...sound prophetical after the occurrence which has so troubled the country : "If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it ;" and his last words on the occasion were, " I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by,...
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Papers relating to foreign affairs [afterw.] Foreign relations of ..., Part 4

United States dept. of state - 1866 - 760 pages
...which sound prophetical after the occurrence which has eo troubled the country: "If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it;" and his last words on the occasion were, " I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and,...
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: And the Attempted Assassination of ...

United States. Dept. of State - 1866 - 764 pages
...sound prophetical after the occurrence •which has so troubled the country: "If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it ;" and his last words on the occasion were, " I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by,...
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Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 1

Benson John Lossing - History - 1866 - 628 pages
...that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up this principle, I was about to say, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. . . . My friends, I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure...
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Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Part 4

United States. Department of State - United States - 1866 - 772 pages
..."If this country cannot be saved without giving up the principle of the Declaration of Independence, I was about to say, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it ;" and the sacrifice was accepted. For refusing to give up that principle — the vital principle of...
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President Lincoln; Self-pourtrayed

John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Presidents - 1866 - 264 pages
...myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. ... But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say / would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." — Speech at Philadelphia in ' Independence...
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Synopsis of the American War

Joshua Rhodes Balme - United States - 1866 - 314 pages
...sound prophetically after the occurrence which has so troubled the country — "If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say, / wnuld rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it" — and his last words on the occasion...
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