Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal HamlinW. A. Townsend & Company, 1860 - 390 páginas |
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... desire to conciliate the Indians . Nevertheless , he stood firm , proclaiming that even barbarians would not kill a helpless prisoner . If any one thought him a cow- ard , let him step out and be satisfied of his mistake , in any way he ...
... desire to conciliate the Indians . Nevertheless , he stood firm , proclaiming that even barbarians would not kill a helpless prisoner . If any one thought him a cow- ard , let him step out and be satisfied of his mistake , in any way he ...
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... desire to set them free in that manner ; finally submitting the bill to a vote of the citizens of the District for approval . It is well known that the efforts to abolish the slave- trade in the District of Columbia have resulted in ...
... desire to set them free in that manner ; finally submitting the bill to a vote of the citizens of the District for approval . It is well known that the efforts to abolish the slave- trade in the District of Columbia have resulted in ...
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... desire to become a party to it , and claim the right to speak from the same stand ; so that he and you , in concert , might be able to take the opening and closing speech in every case . " have been made by yourself , for certainly none ...
... desire to become a party to it , and claim the right to speak from the same stand ; so that he and you , in concert , might be able to take the opening and closing speech in every case . " have been made by yourself , for certainly none ...
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... desire to present to you the letter which has been prepared , and which informs you of the nomination , and with it the platform , resolutions , and sentiments which the Convention adopted . Sir , at your convenience we shall be glad to ...
... desire to present to you the letter which has been prepared , and which informs you of the nomination , and with it the platform , resolutions , and sentiments which the Convention adopted . Sir , at your convenience we shall be glad to ...
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... desire to say , gentlemen of the Convention , that in the contest through which we have just passed , we have been actuated by no feeling of hostility to the illustrious statesman from New York , who was in com- petition with our own ...
... desire to say , gentlemen of the Convention , that in the contest through which we have just passed , we have been actuated by no feeling of hostility to the illustrious statesman from New York , who was in com- petition with our own ...
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Página 347 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Página 100 - 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 239 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Página 243 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Página 216 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Página 217 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Página 181 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Página 202 - But you say you are conservative — eminently conservative — while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by "our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Página 189 - It is this : Does the proper division of local from Federal authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? " Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans the negative.
Página 194 - ... their oath to support the Constitution, would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again, George Washington, another of the "thirty-nine...