THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES |
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No one has needed favors more than I , and , generally , few have been less
unwilling to accept them ; but in this case favor to me would be injustice to the
public , and , therefore , I must beg your pardon for declining it . That I once had
the ...
No one has needed favors more than I , and , generally , few have been less
unwilling to accept them ; but in this case favor to me would be injustice to the
public , and , therefore , I must beg your pardon for declining it . That I once had
the ...
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... that during his entire Congressional service Mr . Lincoln steadily and
persistently cast his vote upon the side of freedom . He repeatedly recorded
himself against laying on the table , without consideration , petitions in favor of
the abolition of ...
... that during his entire Congressional service Mr . Lincoln steadily and
persistently cast his vote upon the side of freedom . He repeatedly recorded
himself against laying on the table , without consideration , petitions in favor of
the abolition of ...
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The Nebraska Bill was passed May 22 , 1854 , and the event gave nev and
increased force to the popular feeling in favor of freedom , which the proposition
to repeal the Missouri Compromise had excited . Everywhere the friends of
freedom ...
The Nebraska Bill was passed May 22 , 1854 , and the event gave nev and
increased force to the popular feeling in favor of freedom , which the proposition
to repeal the Missouri Compromise had excited . Everywhere the friends of
freedom ...
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He declared himself in favor of " ( Ocrcing " the people of Utah into obedience ,
and while he “ did not admit or deny that the Judge ' s method of coercing them
might not be as good as any , " he showed how Mr . Douglas abandoned his ...
He declared himself in favor of " ( Ocrcing " the people of Utah into obedience ,
and while he “ did not admit or deny that the Judge ' s method of coercing them
might not be as good as any , " he showed how Mr . Douglas abandoned his ...
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Then opened the roar of loose declamation in favor of “ squatter sovereignty , "
and " sacred right of selt - gov . ernment . ” “ But , " said opposition members , “ let
us amend the bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the Territory may ...
Then opened the roar of loose declamation in favor of “ squatter sovereignty , "
and " sacred right of selt - gov . ernment . ” “ But , " said opposition members , “ let
us amend the bill so as to expressly declare that the people of the Territory may ...
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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...
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| Título | THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES |
| Autor | HENRY J. RAYMOND |
| Publicado | 1865 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 23 Nov. 2005 |
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