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 Includes added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by F.B. Carpenter. |
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... received the party vote for the Speakership , and was defeated by only one vote . In 1840 , for the fourth successive term , Mr. Lin- coln was returned to the legislature , and again received the vote of his party as the candidate for ...
... received the party vote for the Speakership , and was defeated by only one vote . In 1840 , for the fourth successive term , Mr. Lin- coln was returned to the legislature , and again received the vote of his party as the candidate for ...
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... received as gos- pel truth , and a feverish desire for vengeance seized upon the infatuated populace , whilst only prison bars prevented a horrible death at the hands of a mob . The events were heralded in the county papers , painted in ...
... received as gos- pel truth , and a feverish desire for vengeance seized upon the infatuated populace , whilst only prison bars prevented a horrible death at the hands of a mob . The events were heralded in the county papers , painted in ...
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... received , as he undoubtedly ex- pected , only evasive replies . He also , in the course of the debate , pressed home upon his opponent a charge of quoting resolutions as having been adopted at a Repub- lican State Convention which were ...
... received , as he undoubtedly ex- pected , only evasive replies . He also , in the course of the debate , pressed home upon his opponent a charge of quoting resolutions as having been adopted at a Repub- lican State Convention which were ...
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... received , and delivered an address which at times excited uncontrollable enthusiasm . It was at once accepted as one of the most important contributions to the current political literature of the day , and now stands among the enduring ...
... received , and delivered an address which at times excited uncontrollable enthusiasm . It was at once accepted as one of the most important contributions to the current political literature of the day , and now stands among the enduring ...
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... received two hundred and thirty votes , be- ing within one and a half of a majority . The vote was not announced , but so many everywhere had kept the count that it was known throughout the Convention at once . Mr. Carter , of Ohio ...
... received two hundred and thirty votes , be- ing within one and a half of a majority . The vote was not announced , but so many everywhere had kept the count that it was known throughout the Convention at once . Mr. Carter , of Ohio ...
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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 Emancipation Proclamation 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 Kentucky 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 Virginia 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...