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... been amply compensated for by the highly complimentary vote that he
received in his own precinct , which gave him two hundred and seventy - seven
votes out of two hundred and eighty - four cast ; and this , be it remembered , was
the first ...
... been amply compensated for by the highly complimentary vote that he
received in his own precinct , which gave him two hundred and seventy - seven
votes out of two hundred and eighty - four cast ; and this , be it remembered , was
the first ...
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In 1846 Mr . Lincoln was induced to accept the nomination for Congress , and in
the district which had , two years before , given Mr . Clay , for President , à
majority of nine hundred and fourteen votes , he astonished himself and his
friends by ...
In 1846 Mr . Lincoln was induced to accept the nomination for Congress , and in
the district which had , two years before , given Mr . Clay , for President , à
majority of nine hundred and fourteen votes , he astonished himself and his
friends by ...
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... as it were , bolted in with a lock of a hundred keys , which can never be
unlocked without the concurrence of every key ; the keys in the hands of a
hundred different men , and they scattered to a hundred different and distant
places ; and they ...
... as it were , bolted in with a lock of a hundred keys , which can never be
unlocked without the concurrence of every key ; the keys in the hands of a
hundred different men , and they scattered to a hundred different and distant
places ; and they ...
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Two years ago , the Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred
thousand strong . We did this under the single impulse of resistance to a common
danger , with overy external circumstance against us . Of strange , discordant ...
Two years ago , the Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred
thousand strong . We did this under the single impulse of resistance to a common
danger , with overy external circumstance against us . Of strange , discordant ...
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I have said a hundred times , and I have now no inclination to tako it back , that I
believe there is no right , and ought to be no inclination in the people of the free
States to enter into the slave States , and interfero with the question of slavery at ...
I have said a hundred times , and I have now no inclination to tako it back , that I
believe there is no right , and ought to be no inclination in the people of the free
States to enter into the slave States , and interfero with the question of slavery at ...
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Abraham action adopted arms army authority believe called cause citizens City close command condition Congress Constitution convention course Department desire directed duty effect election enemy Executive existing expressed fact favor force friends give given Government Grant hand held hope House hundred important interest issued Judge July labor leave letter Lincoln lines majority March matter McClellan means measures meeting ment military move never North object officers once opinion party passed peace persons political position present President principle proclamation question rebel rebellion received regard remain reply Representatives resolution respect result Richmond River Secretary Senate sent Seward slavery slaves soldiers South success taken Territories thing thousand tion troops Union United vote Washington whole York
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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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