The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and DeathDerby and Miller, 1865 - 808 Seiten |
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... called into useful action , and besides the stipulated ten dollars per month , he gained a substantial reputation as a youth of promising business talent . During the twelve years that the family had been living in Indiana , the ...
... called into useful action , and besides the stipulated ten dollars per month , he gained a substantial reputation as a youth of promising business talent . During the twelve years that the family had been living in Indiana , the ...
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... called on , the prisoner , pale and emaciated , with hopelessness written on every feature , and accompanied by his half- hoping , half - despairing mother - whose only hope was in a mother's belief of her son's innocence , in the ...
... called on , the prisoner , pale and emaciated , with hopelessness written on every feature , and accompanied by his half- hoping , half - despairing mother - whose only hope was in a mother's belief of her son's innocence , in the ...
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... necessity had not been overlooked , but had been provided for , as well as might be , in the notable argument of " squatter sovereignty , " otherwise called " sacred right of self - government ; 52 THE LIFE , PUBLIC SERVICES , AND.
... necessity had not been overlooked , but had been provided for , as well as might be , in the notable argument of " squatter sovereignty , " otherwise called " sacred right of self - government ; 52 THE LIFE , PUBLIC SERVICES , AND.
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... called " sacred right of self - government ; " which latter phrase , though expressive of the only rightful basis of any government , was so perverted in this attempted use of it as to amount to just this : That if any one man choose to ...
... called " sacred right of self - government ; " which latter phrase , though expressive of the only rightful basis of any government , was so perverted in this attempted use of it as to amount to just this : That if any one man choose to ...
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... called " Squatter Sovereignty . " Now I wish you to mark . What has become of that Squatter Sover- eignty ? What has become of it ? Can you get anybody to tell you now that the people of a Territory have any authority to govern ...
... called " Squatter Sovereignty . " Now I wish you to mark . What has become of that Squatter Sover- eignty ? What has become of it ? Can you get anybody to tell you now that the people of a Territory have any authority to govern ...
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Seite 663 - 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 256 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the states and parts of states, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any state, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Seite 163 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Seite 663 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Seite 260 - I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Seite 759 - Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution? By general law, life and limb must be protected, yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution, through the preservation of the nation.
Seite 663 - South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those Divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled...
Seite 163 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the southern States that by the accession of a Republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...
Seite 348 - They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Seite 180 - 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.