...there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness ? ' ' Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? ' " Lincoln was only enforcing here just such ideas of self-government as, during all his life, he...

...there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness?" "Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ?" Viewing the issue in this light, the President had no choice but to call out the war power of the...

...inherent and fatal weakness ?" Must a Government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of ite own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence...the war power of the Government, and so to resist the force employed for its destruction by force for ite preservation. The call was made, and the response...

...there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness?" "Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too...for its destruction, by force for its preservation. It may be affirmed without extravagance that the free institutions we enj oy have developed the powers...

...Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness ? Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too...for its destruction by force for its preservation. Mr. Lincoln in a few paragraphs exposed the treachery of the sophism by which the Southern people had...

...there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness?" "Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too...for its destruction, by force for its preservation. It may be affirmed without extravagance that the free institutions we enjoy have developed the powers...

...Is there in all Republics this inherent and fatal weakness?" Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too...the war power of the Government, and so to resist the force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation. The call was made, and the response...

...powers." " Under these circumstances," he adds, "no choice was left but to call out the war powers of the Government, and so to resist force, employed...for its destruction, by force for its preservation." Accordingly on the loth of April, 1861, he issued a proclamation calling upon the militia of the several...

...cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes. ... Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? " That the President no longer thought of compromise is clear from his statement that " no popular...

...there, in all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness ? Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence? " Here his oath and his inclination became identified. Lincoln the President and Lincoln the civilian...