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On reflection , however , he took full time , consulting with other officers , both of
the army and the navy ; and at the end of four days came reluctantly , but
decidedly , to the same conclusion as before . He also stated at the same time
that no ...
On reflection , however , he took full time , consulting with other officers , both of
the army and the navy ; and at the end of four days came reluctantly , but
decidedly , to the same conclusion as before . He also stated at the same time
that no ...
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So large an army as the Government has now on foot was never before known
without a soldier in it but who had taken his place there of his own free choice .
But more than this ; there are many single regiments whose members , one and ...
So large an army as the Government has now on foot was never before known
without a soldier in it but who had taken his place there of his own free choice .
But more than this ; there are many single regiments whose members , one and ...
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The subject of slavery was introduced into the discussion commenced by Senator
Powell , of Kentucky , who proposed on the 18th to amend the Army Bill by
adding a section that no part of the army should be employed “ in subjecting or ...
The subject of slavery was introduced into the discussion commenced by Senator
Powell , of Kentucky , who proposed on the 18th to amend the Army Bill by
adding a section that no part of the army should be employed “ in subjecting or ...
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... menacing the national capital with capture , until in the latter part of June they
had an army of not far from 35 , 000 men , holding a strong position along the Bull
Run creek , — its left posted at Winchester , and its right resting at Manassas .
... menacing the national capital with capture , until in the latter part of June they
had an army of not far from 35 , 000 men , holding a strong position along the Bull
Run creek , — its left posted at Winchester , and its right resting at Manassas .
Página 155
The national army , numbering about 30 , 000 men , moved from the Potomac ,
on the 16th of July , under General McDowell , and the main attack was made on
the 21st . It resulted in the defeat , with a loss of 480 killed and 1 , 000 wounded ...
The national army , numbering about 30 , 000 men , moved from the Potomac ,
on the 16th of July , under General McDowell , and the main attack was made on
the 21st . It resulted in the defeat , with a loss of 480 killed and 1 , 000 wounded ...
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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 |
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| Título | History of the Administration of President Lincoln |
| Autor | Henry Jarvis Raymond |
| Editor | J.C. Derby & N.C. Miller, 1864 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 21 Mayo 2007 |
| ISBN | 1432809016, 9781432809010 |
| Largo | 8 páginas |
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