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" All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitution that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed... "
Illustrated Life, Services, Martyrdom, and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln ... - Page 92
edited by - 1867 - 285 pages
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The Nation with the Soul of a Church

Sidney Earl Mead - Religion and state - 1985 - 176 pages
...vast and so complex that the rules of necessity must be broad and inclusive. As Lincoln put it: ". . . no organic law can ever be framed with a provision...length contain express provisions for all possible questions."41 The provisions in the Bill of Rights have the form of abstract general principles. It...
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Methods of Rhetorical Criticism: A Twentieth-century Perspective

Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the territories?...
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Deeds Done in Words: Presidential Rhetoric and the Genres of Governance

Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - History - 1990 - 285 pages
...agreement that no violations had occurred. As a result, he quickly noted areas of ambiguity. He said: No foresight can anticipate nor any document of reasonable...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories?...
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Of the People, by the People, for the People and Other Quotations from ...

Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 208 pages
...Abraham Lincoln, v. 3, p. 448. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). On secession. See also SECESSION But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision...contain express provisions for all possible questions. "First Inaugural Address," March 4, 1 86 1 , reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 4,...
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Constitutionalism: Philosophical Foundations

Larry Alexander - Law - 2001 - 336 pages
...Inaugural Address, in his Speeches and Writings, 1859-1965 (New York: Library of America, nd), 215, at 220: No foresight can anticipate, nor any document of reasonable...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the territories?...
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Speeches that Changed the World

Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...affirmations and negations, guaranties and prohibitions, in the Constitution that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories?...
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Abraham Lincoln: A Constitutional Biography

George Anastaplo - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 392 pages
...would jeopardize control over the rest of them.) May Congress prohibit slavery in the territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress...the territories? The Constitution does not expressly say.348 The Supreme Court was taken to have ruled in Dred Scott that Congress could not prohibit slavery...
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A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War

Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...affirmations and negations, guaranties and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the territories?...
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Presidential Documents: The Speeches, Proclamations, and Policies that Have ...

Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...affirmations and negations, guaranties and prohibitions, in the Constitution that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories?...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...true, then, that any right plainly written in the Constitution has been denied? I think not. . . . No organic law can ever be framed with a provision...from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories?...
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