The Martyr's Monument: Being the Patriotism and Political Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Exhibited in His Speeches, Messages, Orders, and Proclamations, from the Presidential Canvass of 1860 Until His Assassination, April 14, 1865American News Company, 1885 - 297 Seiten |
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... duty , we possibly can . Judging by all they say and do , and by the subject and nature of their controversy with us , let us determine , if we can , what will satisfy them . Will they be satisfied if the Territories be unconditionally ...
... duty , we possibly can . Judging by all they say and do , and by the subject and nature of their controversy with us , let us determine , if we can , what will satisfy them . Will they be satisfied if the Territories be unconditionally ...
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... duty forbids this , then let us stand by our duty , fearlessly and effectively . Let us be diverted by none of those sophisti- cal contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and belabored - contrivances such as groping for ...
... duty forbids this , then let us stand by our duty , fearlessly and effectively . Let us be diverted by none of those sophisti- cal contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and belabored - contrivances such as groping for ...
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... duty devolves upon me , which is , perhaps , greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON . He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence , upon which he at all times ...
... duty devolves upon me , which is , perhaps , greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON . He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence , upon which he at all times ...
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... duty to extend to you an official welcome in behalf of the Corporation . In doing so permit me to say , that this city has never offered hospitality to a man clothed with more exalted powers , or rest- ing under graver responsibilities ...
... duty to extend to you an official welcome in behalf of the Corporation . In doing so permit me to say , that this city has never offered hospitality to a man clothed with more exalted powers , or rest- ing under graver responsibilities ...
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... duty and do right you will sustain me , will you not ? [ Loud cheers , and cries of " Yes , yes , we will . " ] Received , as I am , by the members of a Legislature , the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments , I ...
... duty and do right you will sustain me , will you not ? [ Loud cheers , and cries of " Yes , yes , we will . " ] Received , as I am , by the members of a Legislature , the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments , I ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN act of Congress adopted Applause arms arrests believe called cause citizens civil claim colored command compensated emancipation consider Constitution Court declare deem Department duty election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy EXECUTIVE MANSION existing fact favor Federal Fellow-Citizens Fernando Wood force foreign Fort Sumter give Government habeas corpus Harper's Ferry hope hundred insurgents insurrection issued Kentucky labor land letter Liberia liberty Louisiana loyal McClellan measures ment military Missouri naval necessity negroes oath object occasion officers opinion party peace persons political present President principle proclamation proper public safety purpose question railroad reason rebel rebellion or invasion received regard Richmond seceded Secretary Secretary of War Senate slavery slaves soldiers South South Carolina speech suppose suppress Territories thereof things tion Treasury treaties troops Union United Vallandigham vessels votes WASHINGTON whole wrong
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 279 - Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Seite 61 - Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Seite 245 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Seite 279 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Seite 44 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always ; and when after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you.
Seite 137 - An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.
Seite 43 - ... very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the Government. And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous in any given case, still the evil effect following it, being limited to that particular case, with the chance that it may be overruled, and never become a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils of a different practice.
Seite 285 - Let us all join in doing the acts necessary to restoring the proper practical relations between these States and the Union, and each forever after innocently indulge his own opinion whether in doing the acts he brought the States from without into the Union, or only gave them proper assistance, they never having been out of it.
Seite 44 - Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade, are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself. The great...
Seite 8 - Republicans. It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great confederacy shall be at peace, and in harmony, one with another. Let us Republicans do our part to have it so. Even though much provoked, let us do nothing through passion and ill temper. Even though the Southern people will not so much as listen to us, let us calmly consider their demands, and yield to them if, in our deliberate view of our duty, we possibly can.