History of the Administration of President LincolnDerby & Miller, 1864 - 8 Seiten |
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... favor of the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave - trade . On the question of abolishing Slavery in the District , he took rather a prominent part . A Mr. Gott had in- troduced a resolution directing ...
... favor of the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave - trade . On the question of abolishing Slavery in the District , he took rather a prominent part . A Mr. Gott had in- troduced a resolution directing ...
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... favor of giving the public lands , not to speculators , but to actual occupants and cultivators , at as low rates as pos- sible ; and he was in favor of a protective tariff , and of abolishing the franking privilege . In 1848 General ...
... favor of giving the public lands , not to speculators , but to actual occupants and cultivators , at as low rates as pos- sible ; and he was in favor of a protective tariff , and of abolishing the franking privilege . In 1848 General ...
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... favor of freedom which the proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromise had excited , and everywhere the friends of freedom gathered themselves together and rallied round her banner , to meet the con- flict which was plainly now ...
... favor of freedom which the proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromise had excited , and everywhere the friends of freedom gathered themselves together and rallied round her banner , to meet the con- flict which was plainly now ...
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... favor of the Dred Scott decision , not because it was right , but because a decision of the Court is to him a " Thus saith the Lord , " and thus committing himself to the next decision just as firmly as to this . He closed his speech ...
... favor of the Dred Scott decision , not because it was right , but because a decision of the Court is to him a " Thus saith the Lord , " and thus committing himself to the next decision just as firmly as to this . He closed his speech ...
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... favor his return to the Senate . They deemed this due to the zeal and efficiency with which he had resisted the attempt to force slavery into Kansas against the will of the people , and as important in encouraging other Democratic ...
... favor his return to the Senate . They deemed this due to the zeal and efficiency with which he had resisted the attempt to force slavery into Kansas against the will of the people , and as important in encouraging other Democratic ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN action Administration adopted Alexandria amendment arms army arrests authority battle believe bill capital citizens civil command Congress Constitution Convention corps declared deemed Department dispatch duty election emancipation enemy EXECUTIVE MANSION existing favor force foreign Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg give Government Governor habeas corpus Halleck Heintzelman House insurgents insurrection issued James River Kentucky labor letter liberty loyal Major-General Maryland McClellan McDowell ment military Missouri naval navy necessity object officers opinion party peace persons political Pope position Potomac present President LINCOLN principle proclamation public safety purpose question re-enforcements rebel rebellion received regard reply Republican resolution Richmond river seceded Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent sentiment session Seward slavery slaves South South Carolina Tennessee territory thing tion troops Union United Vallandigham Virginia vote Washington whole York
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Seite 463 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Seite 219 - 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, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Seite 219 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Seite 215 - 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 318 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always ; and when after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you.
Seite 317 - Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade, are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself. The great...
Seite 113 - 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 149 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men...
Seite 189 - Resolved, That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Seite 114 - A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.
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