Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United StatesG. P. Putnam's sons, 1879 - 250 Seiten |
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... held , and a clerk was wanted at the polls . The stranger , Abraham , being asked whether he was competent to fill the post , said , " I will try , " and performed the duties well . This was the first public official act of his life ...
... held , and a clerk was wanted at the polls . The stranger , Abraham , being asked whether he was competent to fill the post , said , " I will try , " and performed the duties well . This was the first public official act of his life ...
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... held , crowds of men and women always assembled to welcome Abraham Lincoln . Lincoln himself had a great admiration for Henry Clay . In 1844 , he went through Illinois delivering speeches and debating and speaking , or , as it is called ...
... held , crowds of men and women always assembled to welcome Abraham Lincoln . Lincoln himself had a great admiration for Henry Clay . In 1844 , he went through Illinois delivering speeches and debating and speaking , or , as it is called ...
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... held on the 17th of the following month at Phila- delphia . The speech which he made on this occasion was of extraordinary power . From this day he was regarded by the Republicans of the West as their leader . Therefore , in the ...
... held on the 17th of the following month at Phila- delphia . The speech which he made on this occasion was of extraordinary power . From this day he was regarded by the Republicans of the West as their leader . Therefore , in the ...
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... held a meeting , and , after a little persuasion , induced Lincoln to allow them to put him forward as a candidate for the great office . In October , 1859 , Lincoln received an invitation from the Cooper Institute of New York city to ...
... held a meeting , and , after a little persuasion , induced Lincoln to allow them to put him forward as a candidate for the great office . In October , 1859 , Lincoln received an invitation from the Cooper Institute of New York city to ...
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... held a meeting , at which it was resolved that the South should secede , but that all the seceding senators and representatives should retain their seats as long as possible , in order to inflict injury to the last on the Government ...
... held a meeting , at which it was resolved that the South should secede , but that all the seceding senators and representatives should retain their seats as long as possible , in order to inflict injury to the last on the Government ...
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Seite 127 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Seite 128 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Seite 98 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Seite 208 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
Seite 137 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Seite 126 - 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...
Seite 75 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Seite 127 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...
Seite 76 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Seite 99 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.