History of the Administration of President LincolnDerby & Miller, 1864 - 8 páginas |
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... present course . Mr. Douglas had always claimed to have voted for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise because he sus- tained the " great principle " of Popular Sovereignty , and desired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Ne- braska ...
... present course . Mr. Douglas had always claimed to have voted for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise because he sus- tained the " great principle " of Popular Sovereignty , and desired that the inhabitants of Kansas and Ne- braska ...
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... present limits ; " did not propose to decide that Dred Scott was free , but did not believe that the decision in that case was a po- litical rule binding the voters , the Congress , or the Presi- dent , and proposed " so resisting it as ...
... present limits ; " did not propose to decide that Dred Scott was free , but did not believe that the decision in that case was a po- litical rule binding the voters , the Congress , or the Presi- dent , and proposed " so resisting it as ...
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... the third ballot was being taken . In a few moments came across the wires the announcement of the result . The Superintendent of the Telegraph Company , who was present , wrote on a scrap of paper , " Mr. Lincoln : You.
... the third ballot was being taken . In a few moments came across the wires the announcement of the result . The Superintendent of the Telegraph Company , who was present , wrote on a scrap of paper , " Mr. Lincoln : You.
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... present - a Committee appointed by the Re- publican Convention recently assembled at Chicago— to discharge a most pleasant duty . We have come , sir , under a vote of instructions to that Committee , to noti- fy you that you have been ...
... present - a Committee appointed by the Re- publican Convention recently assembled at Chicago— to discharge a most pleasant duty . We have come , sir , under a vote of instructions to that Committee , to noti- fy you that you have been ...
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... present . They decided , by resolutions , that each of the Southern States should secede from the Union as soon as possible ; that a Convention of seceding States should be held at Montgomery , Alabama , not later than the 15th of ...
... present . They decided , by resolutions , that each of the Southern States should secede from the Union as soon as possible ; that a Convention of seceding States should be held at Montgomery , Alabama , not later than the 15th of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ABRAHAM LINCOLN action Administration adopted Alexandria amendment arms army arrests authority battle believe bill capital citizens civil command Congress Constitution Convention corps declared deemed Department dispatch duty election emancipation enemy EXECUTIVE MANSION existing favor force foreign Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Franklin Fredericksburg give Government Governor habeas corpus Halleck Heintzelman House insurgents insurrection issued James River Kentucky labor letter liberty loyal Major-General Maryland McClellan McDowell ment military Missouri movement naval navy necessity object officers opinion party peace persons political Pope position Potomac present President LINCOLN proclamation public safety purpose question re-enforcements rebel rebellion received regard reply Republican resolution Richmond river seceded Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent sentiment session Seward slavery slaves South South Carolina Tennessee territory thing tion troops Union United Vallandigham Virginia vote Washington whole York
Pasajes populares
Página 463 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Página 219 - 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 first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Página 219 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Página 215 - 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 318 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always ; and when after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you.
Página 317 - Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade, are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself. The great...
Página 113 - 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 149 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men...
Página 189 - Resolved, That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 114 - A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.
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War of Words: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Press Harry J. Maihafer Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |