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... means at his command , out- side his own strength of heart and steadiness of understanding , for inspiring confidence in the people , and so winning it for himself , than Mr. Lincoln . All that was known of him was that he was a good ...
... means at his command , out- side his own strength of heart and steadiness of understanding , for inspiring confidence in the people , and so winning it for himself , than Mr. Lincoln . All that was known of him was that he was a good ...
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... means of both ; he was to disengage the country from diplomatic entanglements of unprecedented peril undisturbed by the help or the hindrance of either , and to win from the crowning dangers of his administration , in the confidence of ...
... means of both ; he was to disengage the country from diplomatic entanglements of unprecedented peril undisturbed by the help or the hindrance of either , and to win from the crowning dangers of his administration , in the confidence of ...
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... means of revolution , and if they got revolution , though not in the shape they looked for , is the American people to save them from its consequences at the cost of its own existence ? The election of Mr. Lincoln , which it was clearly ...
... means of revolution , and if they got revolution , though not in the shape they looked for , is the American people to save them from its consequences at the cost of its own existence ? The election of Mr. Lincoln , which it was clearly ...
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... means . There has been nothing of Cleon , still less of Strepsiades * striving to underbid him in * Athenian demagogues , satirized by the comic dramatist Aris- tophanes . demagogism , to be found in the public utter- ances xlii THE ...
... means . There has been nothing of Cleon , still less of Strepsiades * striving to underbid him in * Athenian demagogues , satirized by the comic dramatist Aris- tophanes . demagogism , to be found in the public utter- ances xlii THE ...
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... means , nor was he an ugly one ; he was a homely man , careless of his looks , plain - looking and plain - acting . He had no pomp , display , or dig- nity , so - called . He appeared simple in his car- riage and bearing . He was a sad ...
... means , nor was he an ugly one ; he was a homely man , careless of his looks , plain - looking and plain - acting . He had no pomp , display , or dig- nity , so - called . He appeared simple in his car- riage and bearing . He was a sad ...
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Seite 81 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must 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.
Seite 173 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Seite 220 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder ; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court ; and that I will, in like manner.
Seite xlvi - And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate.
Seite 144 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Seite 146 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Seite 69 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution...
Seite 144 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Seite 146 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: "Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Seite 232 - Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery...