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Página xviii
... slavery , felt that his chief duty was to save the Union , under the Consti- tution , and within the Constitution . He did not as- sume the duties of his great office with the purpose of abolishing slavery , nor changing the ...
... slavery , felt that his chief duty was to save the Union , under the Consti- tution , and within the Constitution . He did not as- sume the duties of his great office with the purpose of abolishing slavery , nor changing the ...
Página xix
... slavery . If I could save the Union without freeing any slave , I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves , I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leav- ing others alone , I would also do that ...
... slavery . If I could save the Union without freeing any slave , I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves , I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leav- ing others alone , I would also do that ...
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... slavery by a majority of 4,414 votes . He " hit it hard " when he approved the law abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia , an anti - slavery measure that he had voted for in Congress . He " hit it hard " when he signed the acts ...
... slavery by a majority of 4,414 votes . He " hit it hard " when he approved the law abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia , an anti - slavery measure that he had voted for in Congress . He " hit it hard " when he signed the acts ...
Página xxi
... slavery agitation , unlike any of the other anti - slavery leaders , Lincoln always carried the people with him . In 1854 Illinois cast loose from her old Democratic moorings and fol- lowed his leadership in a most emphatic protest ...
... slavery agitation , unlike any of the other anti - slavery leaders , Lincoln always carried the people with him . In 1854 Illinois cast loose from her old Democratic moorings and fol- lowed his leadership in a most emphatic protest ...
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... slavery ? On the other hand , would not the twelve slave - holding States have out - voted the one free State , and thus have fastened slavery , by a constitutional provision , on every foot of the American republic forever ? You see ...
... slavery ? On the other hand , would not the twelve slave - holding States have out - voted the one free State , and thus have fastened slavery , by a constitutional provision , on every foot of the American republic forever ? You see ...
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Página 45 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Página 174 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Página 142 - 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.
Página 180 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Página 144 - ... only because they want to vote, and eat, and sleep, and marry with negroes! He will have it that they cannot be consistent else. Now I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that because I do not want a black woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife.
Página 294 - ... understood the question just as well, and even better than we do now." But enough. Let all who believe that " our fathers, who framed the Government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now," speak as they spoke, and act as they acted upon it.
Página 35 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Página 364 - Is it not adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Página 144 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Página 287 - ... to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn, in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.