THE REBELLION IN THE UNITED STATES; OR, THE WAR OF 1861 |
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... the “Republican Sentiment; ” and the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for
President of the United States was received with general dissatisfaction
throughout the entire South, claiming that his “principles” were adverse to their
interests.
... the “Republican Sentiment; ” and the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for
President of the United States was received with general dissatisfaction
throughout the entire South, claiming that his “principles” were adverse to their
interests.
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The news of the election of Lincoln was received at the North by many with
demonstrations of rejoicing, but their joy was soon turned to sadness, for it was
immediately followed by a general suspension of business; no trade; credit
almost ...
The news of the election of Lincoln was received at the North by many with
demonstrations of rejoicing, but their joy was soon turned to sadness, for it was
immediately followed by a general suspension of business; no trade; credit
almost ...
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December 5th, at the meeting of the State Electoral Colleges, Abraham Lincoln,
for President, and Hannibal Hamlin, for Vice-President, received the votes of
seventeen States, or one hundred and eighty electoral votes. On the sixth, the ...
December 5th, at the meeting of the State Electoral Colleges, Abraham Lincoln,
for President, and Hannibal Hamlin, for Vice-President, received the votes of
seventeen States, or one hundred and eighty electoral votes. On the sixth, the ...
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December 19th, Governor Hicks, of Maryland, declined to receive the
commissioner from Mississippi. He vindicated the course by expressing strong
Union sentiments; notwithstanding which the commissioner of Mississippi to
Maryland ...
December 19th, Governor Hicks, of Maryland, declined to receive the
commissioner from Mississippi. He vindicated the course by expressing strong
Union sentiments; notwithstanding which the commissioner of Mississippi to
Maryland ...
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call on the President, as a citizen of that commonwealth, to see that the public
receive no detriment at his hands. ... pertaining to the ordinance of secession
adopted by a convention of that State, arrived in Washington, and were received
by Mr.
call on the President, as a citizen of that commonwealth, to see that the public
receive no detriment at his hands. ... pertaining to the ordinance of secession
adopted by a convention of that State, arrived in Washington, and were received
by Mr.
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Página 61 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
Página 55 - 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 62 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect and defend" it. I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Página 54 - 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 60 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Página 60 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence, and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Página 60 - 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? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends?
Página 62 - Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.
Página 59 - One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.
Página 57 - Again, if the United States be not a Government proper, but an association of States in the nature of a contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it. One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak — but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it?