...would not have acted so. Lincoln, it is true, had declared that he would take no provocative step—" In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,...not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war," and the risk which he would have taken by overruling that day the opinion of the bulk of his Cabinet...

...are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there is still no single reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issne of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...

...dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and...competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty, ^f In your hands, my dissatisfied fellowcountrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue...

...dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and...competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue...

...are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and...firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favoured land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty. "In your hands,...

...Congress should not meddle with the domestic institutions of the States. " In your hands," said he, " my dissatisfied fellowcountrymen, and not in mine,...not assail you ; you can have no conflict without yourselves being the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government ;...

...are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there is still no single reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and...firm reliance on Him who has. never yet forsaken this favoured land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulties. " In your...

...terms of intercourse are again before you." There is no reason whatever for acting precipitately. " Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm...adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulties." President Lincoln, therefore, does not regard the Union as broken. He vows to maintain it peaceably,...

...terms of intercourse are again before you.'? There is no reason whatever for acting precipitately. " Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm...adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulties." President Lincoln, therefore, does not regard the Union as broken. He vows to maintain it peaceably,...

...anywhere. Mr. Lincoln closed his noble inaugural with the following word?, alike firm and conciliatory: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil м-аг. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the...