A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897: 1861-1869U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 |
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... civil war . He returned to his home and made a brief but active canvass for the legislature , but was defeated . At this time he thought seriously of learning the blacksmith's trade , but an opportunity was offered him to buy a store ...
... civil war . He returned to his home and made a brief but active canvass for the legislature , but was defeated . At this time he thought seriously of learning the blacksmith's trade , but an opportunity was offered him to buy a store ...
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... civil war . The Government will not assail you . You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government , while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve ...
... civil war . The Government will not assail you . You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government , while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve ...
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... civil war , it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation , and in sorrowful remembrance of our own faults and crimes as a nation and as individuals to humble ourselves before Him and to pray for ...
... civil war , it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation , and in sorrowful remembrance of our own faults and crimes as a nation and as individuals to humble ourselves before Him and to pray for ...
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... civil offices— State , county , and municipal - by alleged authority from the Common- wealth of Virginia , in disregard and violation of the " declaration of the people of Virginia represented in convention at the city of Wheeling ...
... civil offices— State , county , and municipal - by alleged authority from the Common- wealth of Virginia , in disregard and violation of the " declaration of the people of Virginia represented in convention at the city of Wheeling ...
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... civil justice by the officers and in the forms of existing law . This is the case , in whole or in part , in all the insurgent States ; and as our armies advance upon and take possession of parts of those States the practical evil ...
... civil justice by the officers and in the forms of existing law . This is the case , in whole or in part , in all the insurgent States ; and as our armies advance upon and take possession of parts of those States the practical evil ...
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Página 10 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion— no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 279 - NEITHER PARTY EXPECTED FOR THE WAR THE MAGNITUDE OR THE DURATION WHICH IT HAS ALREADY ATTAINED. NEITHER ANTICIPATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE CONFLICT MIGHT CEASE WITH OR EVEN BEFORE THE CONFLICT ITSELF SHOULD ' CEASE. EACH LOOKED FOR AN EASIER TRIUMPH AND A RESULT LESS FUNDAMENTAL AND ASTOUNDING.
Página 279 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Página 109 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that...
Página 279 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid...
Página 453 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Página 109 - How far in the discharge of my official duties I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated, the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world. To myself, the assurance of my own conscience is, that I have at least believed myself to be guided...
Página 372 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of Providential agency.
Página 99 - 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 160 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and 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...