...for the system of compensated emancipation in these memorable words : " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration,...The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not...

...appeal for the system of compensated emancipation in these memorable words: " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration,...The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not...

...for the system of compensated emancipation in these memorable words : " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration,...insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial throagh which we pass, will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we...

...country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape /history. We, of this Congress and this Administratiori, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal...The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not...

...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration,...be remembered in spite of» ourselves. No personal signifieance, or insignifieance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass,...

...emancipation, how earnest and outspoken were his words ! In his Annual Message he said, " We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. . . . We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save...

...insistence, Mr. Lincoln concluded with the following weighty words : — " Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. . . . The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honour or dishonour, to the latest...

...rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow-citizens,...fiery trial 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...

...language of our patriotic Chief Magistrate, that " We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and of this administration will be remembered in spite of...The fiery trial 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...

...national authority over the whole national domain; and for the American people, so far as my knowledge enables me to speak, I say we are going through on...The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not...