The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and DeathDerby and Miller, 1865 - 808 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 27
... duty . The following letter , which was written during this canvass , besides being an interesting reminiscence of Mr. Lincoln's early political life , is valuable as exhibiting , in a striking manner , his determination to be frank and ...
... duty . The following letter , which was written during this canvass , besides being an interesting reminiscence of Mr. Lincoln's early political life , is valuable as exhibiting , in a striking manner , his determination to be frank and ...
Página 29
... duty , that at the close of this term he declined a renomination , in order that he might devote his whole time to the practice of his profes- sion . As already stated , he had been admitted to the bar in 1836 ; and on April 15 , 1837 ...
... duty , that at the close of this term he declined a renomination , in order that he might devote his whole time to the practice of his profes- sion . As already stated , he had been admitted to the bar in 1836 ; and on April 15 , 1837 ...
Página 40
... duty it shall be to hold a session for the purpose on the first Monday of each calendar month , to receive all applications , and , on satisfactory evidence in each case that the person presented for valuation is a slave , and of the ...
... duty it shall be to hold a session for the purpose on the first Monday of each calendar month , to receive all applications , and , on satisfactory evidence in each case that the person presented for valuation is a slave , and of the ...
Página 65
... duty of Congress to prohibit slavery in all the United States Terri- tories . Q. 7. I desire him to answer whether he is opposed to the acquisition of any new territory unless slavery is first prohibited therein ? A. I am not generally ...
... duty of Congress to prohibit slavery in all the United States Terri- tories . Q. 7. I desire him to answer whether he is opposed to the acquisition of any new territory unless slavery is first prohibited therein ? A. I am not generally ...
Página 83
... duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world ; but do think that it is charged with preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself . This Government is expressly charged with the duty of providing for ...
... duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world ; but do think that it is charged with preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself . This Government is expressly charged with the duty of providing for ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
ABRAHAM LINCOLN action Administration adopted aforesaid amendment Andrew Johnson April army arrest authority believe bill called cause citizens City Point command Congress Constitution Convention Corps declared Department dispatch Douglas duty election emancipation enemy EXECUTIVE MANSION favor Federal force Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe friends give Government Governor Grant Greeley habeas corpus Halleck honor HORACE GREELEY House hundred issued John Wilkes Booth July labor letter liberty loyal Major-General March McClellan ment military Missouri navy North Carolina o'clock officers party passed peace persons political position Potomac present President Lincoln President's proclamation purpose question re-enforcements rebel rebellion received reply Republican resolution Richmond River Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent sentiment Seward slavery slaves soldiers South speech territory thing thousand tion troops Union United Vallandigham Virginia vote WAR DEPARTMENT Washington whole York
Pasajes populares
Página 163 - 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, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes...
Página 261 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Página 164 - I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper, ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Página 200 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired ;...
Página 670 - Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress...
Página 360 - 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 352 - One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.
Página 730 - In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Página 730 - tis the draught of a breath — From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Página 260 - 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...