 | James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 752 pages
...pretenses made in this case, or any other pretenses, or arbitrarily without pretenses, break up the government, and thus practically put an end to free...upon the earth. It forces us to ask, Is there in all Republic» this inherent and fatal weaknessf Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...pretences made in this case, or on any other pretences, or arbitrarily without any pretence, break up their Government, and thus practically put an end to free...weakness?' 'Must a Government of necessity be too strong tor the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? ' " So viewing the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Régis de Trobriand - United States - 1888 - 816 pages
...made in this case, or on any other pretences, or arbitrarily, without any pretence, break up their government and thus practically put an end to free...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... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...made in this case, or on any other pretences, or arbitrarily, without any pretence, break up their government, and thus practically put an end to free...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... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...pretenses made in this case, or on any other pretenses, or arbitrarily without any pretense, break up their government, and thus practically put an end to free...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;... | |
 | Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers - Iowa - 1888 - 720 pages
...pretenses made in this case, or any other pretenses, or arbitrarily, without pretenses, break up the Government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth." The issue was thus perfectly clear, and a great war was to be waged to settle it on this continent.... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...made in this case, or on any other pretences, or arbitrarily, without any pretence, break up their Government, and thus practically put an end to free...issue, no choice was left but to call out the war powe* of the Government; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, \ar force for its preservation.... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1891 - 142 pages
...message to Congress he defined it in admirably pointed language : " Must a government be of necessity too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? Is there in all republies this inherent weakness ? " This question he answered in the name of the... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1891 - 130 pages
...message to Congress he defined it in admirably pointed language : " Must a government be of necessity too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? Is there in all republies this inherent weakness ? " This question he answered in the name of the... | |
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