Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United StatesG. P. Putnam's sons, 1879 - 250 páginas |
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... once " thrashed the monstrous bully of Breckinridge County in three minutes , and came off without a scratch . " He was an inveterate talker , or popular teller of stories and anecdotes , and a Jackson Democrat in politics , which ...
... once " thrashed the monstrous bully of Breckinridge County in three minutes , and came off without a scratch . " He was an inveterate talker , or popular teller of stories and anecdotes , and a Jackson Democrat in politics , which ...
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... once nearly drowned in a stream , and when eight years of age shot a wild turkey , which , he declared in after life , was the largest game he had ever killed - a remarkable statement for a man who had grown up in a deer country , where ...
... once nearly drowned in a stream , and when eight years of age shot a wild turkey , which , he declared in after life , was the largest game he had ever killed - a remarkable statement for a man who had grown up in a deer country , where ...
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... once picked up some huge posts which four men were about to lift , and bore them away with little effort . Men yet alive have seen him lift a full barrel of liquor and drink from the bung - hole . " He could sink an axe , ” said an old ...
... once picked up some huge posts which four men were about to lift , and bore them away with little effort . Men yet alive have seen him lift a full barrel of liquor and drink from the bung - hole . " He could sink an axe , ” said an old ...
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... once walked several miles after business hours to return six cents , or some equally trifling sum , when he had been overpaid . It is very evident that he managed all matters with so much tact as C to make fast friends of everybody ...
... once walked several miles after business hours to return six cents , or some equally trifling sum , when he had been overpaid . It is very evident that he managed all matters with so much tact as C to make fast friends of everybody ...
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... once formed . Black Hawk's allies , with the exception of the tribe of the Foxes , at once fell away , but their desperate leader kept on in his course . Among the companies which volunteered was one from Menard County , embracing many ...
... once formed . Black Hawk's allies , with the exception of the tribe of the Foxes , at once fell away , but their desperate leader kept on in his course . Among the companies which volunteered was one from Menard County , embracing many ...
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Página 127 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Página 128 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Página 98 - 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 208 - 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.
Página 137 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Página 126 - 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 75 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Página 127 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...
Página 76 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Página 99 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.