Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volumen2Century Company, 1894 |
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... duty on my part ; and I shall perform it so far as practicable , unless my rightful masters , the American people ... duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects , there will be no invasion , no using of force ...
... duty on my part ; and I shall perform it so far as practicable , unless my rightful masters , the American people ... duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects , there will be no invasion , no using of force ...
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... duty is to administer the present government , as it came to his hands , and to transmit it , unimpaired by him , to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people ? Is there any ...
... duty is to administer the present government , as it came to his hands , and to transmit it , unimpaired by him , to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people ? Is there any ...
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... duty . I return , therefore , an affirmative answer to the question submitted to me , And have the honor to be , With the highest respect , Your obedient servant , TO THE PRESIDENT . S. P. CHASE . Opinion on Fort Sumter from the ...
... duty . I return , therefore , an affirmative answer to the question submitted to me , And have the honor to be , With the highest respect , Your obedient servant , TO THE PRESIDENT . S. P. CHASE . Opinion on Fort Sumter from the ...
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... duties imposed upon the government . It cannot be used as a means of enforcing the laws , or of compelling the people of South Carolina to per- form the duties they owe to the Federal Government . Viewing the ques- tion only as a ...
... duties imposed upon the government . It cannot be used as a means of enforcing the laws , or of compelling the people of South Carolina to per- form the duties they owe to the Federal Government . Viewing the ques- tion only as a ...
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... duties , are now being imported into the United States without such duties being paid or secured according to law . And if yea , at what place or places , and for what cause , do such duties remain unpaid or unsecured ? I will also ...
... duties , are now being imported into the United States without such duties being paid or secured according to law . And if yea , at what place or places , and for what cause , do such duties remain unpaid or unsecured ? I will also ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN act of Congress April army August August 12 authority believe BURNSIDE citizens City Point command Constitution copy dear Sir December December 22 DEPARTMENT despatch draft duty election emancipation enemy EXECUTIVE MANSION February February 13 force Fort Monroe Fort Sumter Frémont G. B. MCCLELLAN give H. W. HALLECK hereby herewith House of Representatives January January 24 July July 13 June Kentucky labor letter LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT Louisiana loyal MAJOR-GENERAL MCCLELLAN March March 18 ment MESSAGE military Missouri naval navy November obedient servant October officers P. M. MAJOR-GENERAL persons ports Potomac present President proclamation rebel rebellion received regiments resolution Richmond ROSECRANS SECRETARY CHASE Secretary of War SECRETARY STANTON Senate and House September SEWARD slavery slaves soldiers Sumter TELEGRAM telegraph Tennessee thereof tion transmit TREASURY troops truly U. S. GRANT Union United Virginia WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON wish yesterday
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Página 587 - ... the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his...
Página 587 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives . to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Página 472 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Página 211 - ... rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Página 56 - Must a Government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence...
Página 5 - Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they may not shrink to decide cases properly brought before them, and it is no fault of theirs if others seek to turn their decisions to political purposes.
Página 221 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Página 240 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Página 3 - 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 269 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you.