...clearly show the origin and true canse* of the war. "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you; you can !iiive in) conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven...

...canses of the war. "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentons issue of civil war. The government will not assail you ; you can have no conflict without heing yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government; while...

...sought to avoid it;" and at the same ttme declared to the world concerning those who deprecated it, " the government will not assail you ; you can have...conflict without being yourselves the aggressors." REVOLUTION. ALL was now warlike. The Rubicon was passed. Bayonets bristled on every side. Commissions...

...clearly show the origin and true causes of the war. "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail yon ; you can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered...

...precedent " for other cases, can better be borne than could " the evils of a different practice." ^ ^ * * * "You have no oath registered in Heaven to " destroy the Government, while I have the " solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it. " I am loath to choose. We are not enemies...

...in the best way, all our present difficulties. " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend ' it. " I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may...

...clearly show the origin and true causes of the war : " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it. " One section of our country believes slavery is right and ought to be extended, while the other believes...

...still, small voice, scarcely audible and less heeded, Moating over the disturbed elements, saying: ''You can have no conflict without being yourselves...solemn one "to preserve, protect, and defend it." If the Almighty ruler of nations, with his eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North,...

...inaugural, closing with these memorable words : "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn...

...own method of making decisions. He addressed Southerners: "In your hands, my dissatisfied countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail [attack] you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered...