The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and DeathDerby and Miller, 1865 - 808 páginas |
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... caused extreme suffering through that sec- tion of Illinois , and that he was not only anxious , but compelled , to take up with any occupation by which he might turn an honest penny in ... cause of Henry STATE PAPERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 25.
... caused extreme suffering through that sec- tion of Illinois , and that he was not only anxious , but compelled , to take up with any occupation by which he might turn an honest penny in ... cause of Henry STATE PAPERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 25.
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... cause for hope from earthly aid . At this juncture , the widow received a letter from Mr. Lincoln , vol- unteering his services in an effort to save the youth from the impending stroke . Gladly was his aid accepted , although it seemed ...
... cause for hope from earthly aid . At this juncture , the widow received a letter from Mr. Lincoln , vol- unteering his services in an effort to save the youth from the impending stroke . Gladly was his aid accepted , although it seemed ...
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... cause may have assistance from his great ability , I hope to have interposed no adventitious obstacle . But , clearly , he is not now with us he does not pretend to be -- he does not promise ever to be . Our cause , then , must be ...
... cause may have assistance from his great ability , I hope to have interposed no adventitious obstacle . But , clearly , he is not now with us he does not pretend to be -- he does not promise ever to be . Our cause , then , must be ...
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... cause , he thought it improper to vote for it . In 1787 , still before the Constitution , but while the Convention was in session framing it , and while the Northwestern Territory still was the only territory owned by the United States ...
... cause , he thought it improper to vote for it . In 1787 , still before the Constitution , but while the Convention was in session framing it , and while the Northwestern Territory still was the only territory owned by the United States ...
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... cause shall take that step , that instead of becoming greater , or more peaceful , prosperous , and happy - instead of becom- ing gods we will become demons , and at no distant day commence cutting each other's throats . " Mr. Stephens ...
... cause shall take that step , that instead of becoming greater , or more peaceful , prosperous , and happy - instead of becom- ing gods we will become demons , and at no distant day commence cutting each other's throats . " Mr. Stephens ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN action Administration adopted aforesaid amendment Andrew Johnson April arms army arrest attack authority believe bill called cause citizens City Point command Congress Constitution Convention Corps declared Department dispatch Douglas duty election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy EXECUTIVE MANSION favor Federal force Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe friends give Government Governor Grant habeas corpus Halleck hand honor HORACE GREELEY House hundred issued John Wilkes Booth July labor letter liberty loyal Major-General March McClellan ment military Missouri navy North Carolina o'clock officers party passed peace persons political position Potomac present President Lincoln President's proclamation purpose question re-enforcements rebel rebellion received reply Republican resolution Richmond River Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent sentiment Seward slavery slaves soldiers South speech Territories thing thousand tion troops Union United Virginia vote Washington whole York
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Página 258 - ... 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 and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...
Página 118 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Página 724 - 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...
Página 643 - 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 260 - 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, do, on this...
Página 253 - 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 them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
Página 165 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Página 642 - On the occasion corresponding to this four" years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avoid it.
Página 350 - They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Página 54 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — 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...