 | George Washington Julian - Civil rights - 1872 - 508 pages
...through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free...may succeed ; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful/generous, just, — a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must... | |
 | John Wien Forney - Bookbinding - 1873 - 462 pages
...know how to save it. We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the. free...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." From his address at the consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1864 : "... | |
 | John Wien Forney - Bookbinding - 1873 - 462 pages
...know how to save it. We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." From his address at the consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1864 : "... | |
 | Patrick Cudmore - Constitutional history - 1875 - 278 pages
...concurrence of, first, two-thirds of Congress, and afterwards, three-fourths of the states." "In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free...earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail." Comment is unnecessary. Before the war, the complaint of the South was that the Lincoln party wanted... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Indians of North America - 1875 - 408 pages
...actual freedom." In his message to Congress, the President thus explained this act : — " In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free,...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... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Indians of North America - 1875 - 394 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." Almost at the same time with this proclamation, the policy of raising colored troops began to be systematically... | |
 | James Moore (M.D.) - 1875 - 582 pages
...down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." In the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, distinguished for his able management... | |
 | John F. Aiken - Europe - 1877 - 176 pages
...we do know how to save it. We—even we here—hold the power and bear the responsibility! In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free,...of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not, cannot fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which if followed, the world will forever... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - America - 1877 - 396 pages
...actual freedom." In his message to Congress, the President thus explained this act : — "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free,...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... | |
 | John F. Aiken - Europe - 1877 - 176 pages
...save, or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not, cannot fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just —...will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. Dec. 1st, 1862. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. CONTENTS OF APPENDIX. 1. Changes in Europe and elsewhere since the... | |
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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. Other... 
