Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volumen2Century Company, 1894 |
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... things , however , now exists . Fort Moultrie is now re - armed and strengthened in every way ; many new hand bat- teries have been constructed , the principal channel has been obstructed in short , the difficulty of reinforcing the ...
... things , however , now exists . Fort Moultrie is now re - armed and strengthened in every way ; many new hand bat- teries have been constructed , the principal channel has been obstructed in short , the difficulty of reinforcing the ...
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... things , and especially every new conquest made by the rebels , strengthens their hands at home and their claims to recognition as an independent people abroad . It has been from the beginning , and still is , treated practically as a ...
... things , and especially every new conquest made by the rebels , strengthens their hands at home and their claims to recognition as an independent people abroad . It has been from the beginning , and still is , treated practically as a ...
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... things on my part which you may not have understood . I shall also be very glad to see any of the officers who served with you at Fort Sumter , and whom it might be convenient and agreeable for you to invite to accompany you here . Your ...
... things on my part which you may not have understood . I shall also be very glad to see any of the officers who served with you at Fort Sumter , and whom it might be convenient and agreeable for you to invite to accompany you here . Your ...
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... things thereunto belonging . Given under my hand at the city of Washington , this seventh day of May , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty - one , and in the eighty - fifth LETTERS AND STATE PAPERS OF ABRAHAM ...
... things thereunto belonging . Given under my hand at the city of Washington , this seventh day of May , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty - one , and in the eighty - fifth LETTERS AND STATE PAPERS OF ABRAHAM ...
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... things , and believing it to be an imper- ative duty upon the incoming executive to prevent , if possible , the consummation of such attempt to destroy the Federal Union , a choice of means to that end became indispensable . This choice ...
... things , and believing it to be an imper- ative duty upon the incoming executive to prevent , if possible , the consummation of such attempt to destroy the Federal Union , a choice of means to that end became indispensable . This choice ...
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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.