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... hearts , of every lover of humanity , not in America alone , but in all Christendom . How shall we account for so mar- vellous a phenomenon ? Had he been gifted with eloquence , with military genius , had he been possessed of ...
... hearts , of every lover of humanity , not in America alone , but in all Christendom . How shall we account for so mar- vellous a phenomenon ? Had he been gifted with eloquence , with military genius , had he been possessed of ...
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... heart and hand of the mother , the lives of all men remind us . In their keeping rests the destiny of their children . Three children were the fruit of this union - a daughter , a son who died in infancy , and Abraham . The sister , who ...
... heart and hand of the mother , the lives of all men remind us . In their keeping rests the destiny of their children . Three children were the fruit of this union - a daughter , a son who died in infancy , and Abraham . The sister , who ...
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... heart and hand of the mother , the lives of all men remind us . In their keeping rests the destiny of their children . Three children were the fruit of this union - a daughter , a son who died in infancy , and Abraham . The sister , who ...
... heart and hand of the mother , the lives of all men remind us . In their keeping rests the destiny of their children . Three children were the fruit of this union - a daughter , a son who died in infancy , and Abraham . The sister , who ...
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... heart , and integrity of soul . These auguries were not fallacious . The day of election arrived ; a large vote was polled ; and , as had been generally anticipated , Mr. Lincoln was the suc- cessful candidate by a handsome majority ...
... heart , and integrity of soul . These auguries were not fallacious . The day of election arrived ; a large vote was polled ; and , as had been generally anticipated , Mr. Lincoln was the suc- cessful candidate by a handsome majority ...
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... heart of the murdered man . He remembered all the circumstances perfectly ; the murder was committed about half - past nine o'clock at night , and the moon was shining brightly . Mr. Lincoln reviewed all the testimony care- fully , and ...
... heart of the murdered man . He remembered all the circumstances perfectly ; the murder was committed about half - past nine o'clock at night , and the moon was shining brightly . Mr. Lincoln reviewed all the testimony care- fully , and ...
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The Life and Administration of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History ... Vista de fragmentos - 1933 |
The Life and Administration of Abraham Lincoln (Classic Reprint) G. W. Bacon Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Abraham Lincoln adopted afterwards American arms army assassin ballot believe Black-Hawk blood Breckinridge candidate canvass cause citizens civil conflict Congress Constitution contest Convention death declared Democratic District Douglas duty early election Emancipation Proclamation event Executive Executive Government favour federacy Federal flat-boat Fort Sumter freedom friends Government hand heart Henry Clay honest honour hope House Illinois inaugurated Indiana institution issue Kentucky labour laws Legislature Lincoln received Louisiana loyal M'Clellan Macon county measures ment military murder nation never nomination North oath Orleans party passed peace persons political present President Lincoln Presidential pro-slavery proper practical relation question rebellion reconstruction Republic Republican Richmond seceded secession Secretary seemed Senate sense Seward slave slavery soon South Carolina Southern speech Spencer county spirit struggle success Sumter Territories Thomas Lincoln thought tion triumph Union United United States Senator victory Virginia vote Washington Whig
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Página 114 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Página 113 - 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.
Página 73 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity. I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...
Página 112 - ... 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...
Página 70 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Página 111 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's. assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Página 111 - 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.
Página 113 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and 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...
Página 107 - By these recent successes the reinauguration of the national authority — reconstruction — which has had a large share of thought from the first, is pressed much more closely upon our attention. It is fraught with great difficulty.