History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His LifeJ. C. Derby & N. C. Miller, 1864 - 496 Seiten |
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... opinions upon the leading points in controversy ; and went into the canvass with " the Constitution , the Union , and ... opinion prevailed among the people as to its meaning . All sections of the country took part in the election . The ...
... opinions upon the leading points in controversy ; and went into the canvass with " the Constitution , the Union , and ... opinion prevailed among the people as to its meaning . All sections of the country took part in the election . The ...
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... opinion that Congress had no right to carry on war against any State , either to prevent a threatened violation of the Con- stitution or to enforce an acknowledgment that the Govern- ment of the United States is supreme : and it soon ...
... opinion that Congress had no right to carry on war against any State , either to prevent a threatened violation of the Con- stitution or to enforce an acknowledgment that the Govern- ment of the United States is supreme : and it soon ...
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... opinion of the men of that day was , that , somehow or other , in the order of Provi- dence , the institution would be evanescent and pass away . This idea , though not incorporated in the Constitution , was the prevailing idea at the ...
... opinion of the men of that day was , that , somehow or other , in the order of Provi- dence , the institution would be evanescent and pass away . This idea , though not incorporated in the Constitution , was the prevailing idea at the ...
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... opinion that we , as Republicans , would ultimately beat them , as Democrats , but that they could postpone that result longer by nominating Senator Doug- las for the Presidency than they could in any other way . They did not , in any ...
... opinion that we , as Republicans , would ultimately beat them , as Democrats , but that they could postpone that result longer by nominating Senator Doug- las for the Presidency than they could in any other way . They did not , in any ...
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... opinion among the people . It is only whether , and how far , the duties on imports shall be adjusted to favor home productions . In the home market that controversy begins . One party insists that too much protection oppresses one ...
... opinion among the people . It is only whether , and how far , the duties on imports shall be adjusted to favor home productions . In the home market that controversy begins . One party insists that too much protection oppresses one ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN action Administration adopted Alexandria amendment arms army arrests authority battle believe bill capital citizens command Congress Constitution Convention corps declared deemed Department dispatch duty election emancipation enemy EXECUTIVE MANSION existing favor force foreign Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Franklin 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 oath object officers opinion party peace persons political Pope position Potomac present President LINCOLN 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
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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 210 - seem to be pursuing" as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Seite 113 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Seite 128 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and 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 211 - I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oftexpressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free.
Seite 118 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
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 218 - ... 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...
Seite 78 - Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support, and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance, without which I cannot succeed, but with which, success is certain. Again I bid you all an affectionate farewell.
Seite 118 - 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...