Abraham Lincoln, Volumen2Houghton Mifflin, 1893 |
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Página 153
... Jefferson Davis , Commander - in - Chief of the land and naval forces of the Confederate States , to Abraham Lincoln , Commander - in - Chief of the land and naval forces of the United States ; " and he asked for leave to proceed to ...
... Jefferson Davis , Commander - in - Chief of the land and naval forces of the Confederate States , to Abraham Lincoln , Commander - in - Chief of the land and naval forces of the United States ; " and he asked for leave to proceed to ...
Página 154
... Jefferson Davis had long chosen to fancy that Kentucky was held in an unwilling subjection to the Union , and from this thraldom he now designed to relieve her , and to make the Ohio River the frontier of Seces- sion . Accordingly ...
... Jefferson Davis had long chosen to fancy that Kentucky was held in an unwilling subjection to the Union , and from this thraldom he now designed to relieve her , and to make the Ohio River the frontier of Seces- sion . Accordingly ...
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... Jefferson Davis and a few other of the leading rebels should not be captured , but rather should find it possible to escape from the country . It is in other ways well known that he had already made up his mind not to conclude the war ...
... Jefferson Davis and a few other of the leading rebels should not be captured , but rather should find it possible to escape from the country . It is in other ways well known that he had already made up his mind not to conclude the war ...
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... Jefferson Davis any written proposition " for peace , embracing the restoration of the RENOMINATION . 269.
... Jefferson Davis any written proposition " for peace , embracing the restoration of the RENOMINATION . 269.
Página 272
... Jefferson Davis . wishes for himself , or for the benefit of his friends at the North , to know what I would do if he were to offer peace and reunion , saying nothing about slavery , let him try me . " It must be admitted that this was ...
... Jefferson Davis . wishes for himself , or for the benefit of his friends at the North , to know what I would do if he were to offer peace and reunion , saying nothing about slavery , let him try me . " It must be admitted that this was ...
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Página 129 - We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless.
Página 192 - Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?
Página 107 - If there be in it any inferences which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I " seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any ono in doubt.
Página 231 - I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks.
Página 107 - 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 do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 259 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Página 205 - You dislike the Emancipation Proclamation, and perhaps would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional. I think differently. I think the Constitution invests its commander-in-chief with the law of war in time of war. The most that can be said — if so much — is that slaves are property. Is there, has there ever been, any question that, by the law of war, property, both of enemies and friends, may be taken when needed? And is it not needed whenever taking it helps us or hurts the enemy...
Página 293 - I am thankful to God for this approval of the people; but, while deeply grateful for this mark of their confidence in me, if I know my heart, my gratitude is free from any taint of personal triumph. I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me. It is no pleasure to me to triumph over any one, but I give thanks to the Almighty for this evidence of the people's resolution to stand by free government and the rights of humanity.
Página 101 - I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel, and yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling.
Página 144 - In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to be torn by dogs front and rear without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other.