Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volumen1G.W. Childs, 1866 - 610 páginas |
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... Lincoln for the Presidency , 32. - The Four Parties , 33. - The Contest , and Election of Lincoln , 34 . CHAPTER II . PRELIMINARY REBELLIOUS MOVEMENTS . The Votes at the Election , 36. - Incendiary Work of Politicians , 37. - The Press ...
... Lincoln for the Presidency , 32. - The Four Parties , 33. - The Contest , and Election of Lincoln , 34 . CHAPTER II . PRELIMINARY REBELLIOUS MOVEMENTS . The Votes at the Election , 36. - Incendiary Work of Politicians , 37. - The Press ...
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... Lincoln , 274.—Mr. Lincoln's Departure for Washington City , 275. - His Journey and short Speeches , 276. - Conspiracy against his Life , 278. - His Narrative of his Journey from Philadelphia to Washington , 279. - The Conspiracy in ...
... Lincoln , 274.—Mr. Lincoln's Departure for Washington City , 275. - His Journey and short Speeches , 276. - Conspiracy against his Life , 278. - His Narrative of his Journey from Philadelphia to Washington , 279. - The Conspiracy in ...
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... LINCOLN'S RESIDENCE AT SPRINGFIELD . 141. PORTRAIT OF JOHN TYLER 237 • 130 142. PORTRAIT OF REVERDY JOHNSON 133 143. PORTRAIT OF WINFIELD SCOTT 134 144. NORTHERN FLAG 241 • 244 247 135 145. SOUTHERN FLAG 146. REUNITed Flag 247 . 247 136 ...
... LINCOLN'S RESIDENCE AT SPRINGFIELD . 141. PORTRAIT OF JOHN TYLER 237 • 130 142. PORTRAIT OF REVERDY JOHNSON 133 143. PORTRAIT OF WINFIELD SCOTT 134 144. NORTHERN FLAG 241 • 244 247 135 145. SOUTHERN FLAG 146. REUNITed Flag 247 . 247 136 ...
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... Lincoln , of Illinois , was nominated . The announcement of the result caused the most uproarious applause ; and , from the common center at Chi- cago , the electric messengers flew with the intelligence , almost as quick as thought ...
... Lincoln , of Illinois , was nominated . The announcement of the result caused the most uproarious applause ; and , from the common center at Chi- cago , the electric messengers flew with the intelligence , almost as quick as thought ...
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... Lincoln , you are nominated , " and sent a boy with it to the nominee . Mr. Lincoln read it to his friends , and , while they huzzaed lustily , he looked at it in silence . Then , putting it quietly in his pocket , he bade them " good ...
... Lincoln , you are nominated , " and sent a boy with it to the nominee . Mr. Lincoln read it to his friends , and , while they huzzaed lustily , he looked at it in silence . Then , putting it quietly in his pocket , he bade them " good ...
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Página 244 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union, to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Página 289 - 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.
Página 181 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Página 559 - Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Página 372 - 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.
Página 288 - It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect, are legally void; and that acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary, or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Página 290 - 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
Página 73 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Página 287 - I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Página 244 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the...