...soldiers of the army who achieved that independence." "... I have often inquired of myself what gieat principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy .so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land, but that sentiment in the...

...the modern world. Abraham Lincoln perhaps put it all in proper focus when he stated so succinctly: "I have often inquired of myself what great principle...that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the...

...politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. . . .1 have often inquired of myself, what great principle...confederacy so long together. It was . . . something in that Declaration giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to the world for...

...unless force is used against it." But he also drew cheers and applause when he said at the State House: I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...kept this Confederacy so long together. ... It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land; but something in that Declaration...

...tune — Can drum and trumpet save the Union? What made the Union — held it in its origins together? "I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was . . . It was not the mere matter of the separation from the motherland but something in the Declaration...

...the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that independence. I have often inquired of myself what great principle...that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land, but that sentiment in the...

...us together has always had this world mission as one of its components. Abraham Lincoln once said. "I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland; but something in that Declaration...

...Mr. Chairman. [Applause.] tie prepared statement of Mr. Dart follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF MR. DART I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland; but something in that Declaration...

...reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 3, p. 95. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). I have often inquired of myself, what great principle...that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land; but something in that Declaration...

...liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [Applause.] PREPARED STATEMENT OF MR. DART / have often inquired of myself, what great principle...that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland; but something in that Declaration...