A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Band 6authority of Congress, 1897 |
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... land took upon itself the conditions of peace . Yet who can say that each was not best suited for his par- ticular sphere of action ? A greater lover of his kind has not filled the office of President since Thomas Jefferson , and no ...
... land took upon itself the conditions of peace . Yet who can say that each was not best suited for his par- ticular sphere of action ? A greater lover of his kind has not filled the office of President since Thomas Jefferson , and no ...
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... Land Office under President Taylor ; was tendered the office of governor of Oregon Territory , which he declined . Was an able and influential exponent of the principles of the Whig party in Illinois , and did active campaign work . Was ...
... Land Office under President Taylor ; was tendered the office of governor of Oregon Territory , which he declined . Was an able and influential exponent of the principles of the Whig party in Illinois , and did active campaign work . Was ...
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... land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty . 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 ...
... land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty . 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 ...
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... land , will yet swell the chorus of the Union , when again touched , as surely they will be , by the better angels of our nature . MARCH 4 , 1861 . To the Senate : SPECIAL MESSAGES . WASHINGTON , March 16 , 1861 . The Senate has ...
... land , will yet swell the chorus of the Union , when again touched , as surely they will be , by the better angels of our nature . MARCH 4 , 1861 . To the Senate : SPECIAL MESSAGES . WASHINGTON , March 16 , 1861 . The Senate has ...
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... once directed to be sent for the landing of the troops from the steamship Brooklyn into Fort Pickens . This order could not go by land , but must take the longer and slower route by sea . The first return news from Abraham Lincoln 21.
... once directed to be sent for the landing of the troops from the steamship Brooklyn into Fort Pickens . This order could not go by land , but must take the longer and slower route by sea . The first return news from Abraham Lincoln 21.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN accompanying act of Congress ad interim Adjutant-General aforesaid amendment America ANDREW JOHNSON answer appointed approved April Army authority bill Brevet Carolina caused the seal citizens city of Washington civil command Commissioner communication convention copy courts December declared Department Department of War District duty election entitled An act EXECUTIVE MANSION exercise February Federal force Government governor Grant hand and caused hereby hereunto set House of Representatives impeachment Indians instant insurrection January July June labor land legislation Lorenzo Thomas loyal Major-General March ment military naval Navy oath peace persons ports present President proclamation purpose rebellion received relation requesting resolution respect Secretary Secretary of War Senate Senate and House set my hand SEWARD South Carolina Stanton Territory thereof tion transmit a report transmit herewith Treasury treaty ultimo Union United vote War Department WASHINGTON Whereas WILLIAM H
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Seite 8 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion— no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Seite 11 - 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 have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Seite 277 - NEITHER PARTY EXPECTED FOR THE WAR THE MAGNITUDE OR THE DURATION WHICH IT HAS ALREADY ATTAINED. NEITHER ANTICIPATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE CONFLICT MIGHT CEASE WITH OR EVEN BEFORE THE CONFLICT ITSELF SHOULD ' CEASE. EACH LOOKED FOR AN EASIER TRIUMPH AND A RESULT LESS FUNDAMENTAL AND ASTOUNDING.
Seite 142 - We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if...
Seite 277 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Seite 97 - That on the first day of January, in the year of "our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty"three, all persons held as slaves within any State or "designated part of a State, the people whereof shall "then be in rebellion against the United States, shall "be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Seite 107 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends, with more or less force, to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that...
Seite 449 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Seite 158 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...
Seite 134 - The great body of the people abide by the dry legal obligation in both cases, and a few break over in each. This, I think, cannot be perfectly cured, and it would be worse in both cases after the separation of the sections than before.