The Forms of Public AddressGeorge Pierce Baker H. Holt, 1904 - 472 páginas |
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... received your letter of the 25th ; shall construe it as absolutely confidential , not inti- 1 1 By permission of C. C. Haskell & Co. , successors to the Henry Bill Publishing Co. , both letters are reprinted from the Biography of James ...
... received your letter of the 25th ; shall construe it as absolutely confidential , not inti- 1 1 By permission of C. C. Haskell & Co. , successors to the Henry Bill Publishing Co. , both letters are reprinted from the Biography of James ...
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... received your personal sanc- tion , shall by you be carried into full effect , and that you 15 publicly and decisively instruct your subordinates that such laws exist , that they are binding on all functionaries and citizens , and that ...
... received your personal sanc- tion , shall by you be carried into full effect , and that you 15 publicly and decisively instruct your subordinates that such laws exist , that they are binding on all functionaries and citizens , and that ...
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... received a staggering if not fatal blow . At that mo- ment , according to the returns of the most recent elec- tions , the Unionists were a large majority of the voters of the Slave States . But they were composed in good part of 20 the ...
... received a staggering if not fatal blow . At that mo- ment , according to the returns of the most recent elec- tions , the Unionists were a large majority of the voters of the Slave States . But they were composed in good part of 20 the ...
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... received the hearty approbation of every traitor in America , with scores of like tendency , have never provoked even your remonstrance . We complain that the 15 officers of your Armies have habitually repelled rather than invited the ...
... received the hearty approbation of every traitor in America , with scores of like tendency , have never provoked even your remonstrance . We complain that the 15 officers of your Armies have habitually repelled rather than invited the ...
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... received , when showed him in manuscript , that able and accomplished person's high approval . It should seem that Johnson had called upon him afterwards and been refused admittance , a thing far from inexplicable when the person ...
... received , when showed him in manuscript , that able and accomplished person's high approval . It should seem that Johnson had called upon him afterwards and been refused admittance , a thing far from inexplicable when the person ...
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Página 228 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Página 229 - 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 15 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 15 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Página 239 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Página 235 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 232 - 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 15 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; 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. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 232 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Página 239 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.