| John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...their Government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: ' Is there in all republics, this inherent and...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
...their government and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there, in all republics, this inherent and...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... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask : "Is there, in all republics, this inherent and...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;... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 494 pages
...their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, " Is there, in all republics, this inherent and...the war power of the government ; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation. Ths call was made, and the response... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...their Government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, "Is there, in all republics, this inherent and...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 - 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... | |
| 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... | |
| John Torrey Morse - 1893 - 410 pages
...end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: Is there in all Republics this inherent fatal weakness? Must a government of necessity be...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence? " The Constitution of the Confederacy was a paraphrase with convenient adaptations of the Constitution... | |
| 1899 - 652 pages
...same people — can or can not maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes. . . . So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call...the war power of the government ; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation. This was not Mr. Lincoln's view... | |
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