Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: State papers, 1861-1865Current literature publishing Company, 1907 |
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Page xviii
... become operative , if at all , after the war was over ; that a popular excitement has been slowly intensified into an earnest na- tional will ; that a somewhat impracticable moral sentiment has been made the unconscious instru- ment of ...
... become operative , if at all , after the war was over ; that a popular excitement has been slowly intensified into an earnest na- tional will ; that a somewhat impracticable moral sentiment has been made the unconscious instru- ment of ...
Page xix
... become elements of his own power , that a politician proves his genius for statecraft ; and especially it is by so gently guid- ing public sentiment that he seems to follow it , by so yielding doubtful points that he can be firm without ...
... become elements of his own power , that a politician proves his genius for statecraft ; and especially it is by so gently guid- ing public sentiment that he seems to follow it , by so yielding doubtful points that he can be firm without ...
Page xx
... become unfamiliar . They had so long seen the public policy more or less directed by views . of party , and often even of personal advantage , as to be ready to suspect the motives of a chief magistrate compelled , for the first time in ...
... become unfamiliar . They had so long seen the public policy more or less directed by views . of party , and often even of personal advantage , as to be ready to suspect the motives of a chief magistrate compelled , for the first time in ...
Page xxiv
... become as wax , and to whose commanding necessity the toughest facts yield with the graceful pliancy of fiction ; but in real It is always bad for those who are ready to procrastinate . life we commonly find that the men who control ...
... become as wax , and to whose commanding necessity the toughest facts yield with the graceful pliancy of fiction ; but in real It is always bad for those who are ready to procrastinate . life we commonly find that the men who control ...
Page xxviii
... becomes more complicated , can be worked at sight by any man able to talk for an hour or two without stopping to think . Mr. Lincoln is sometimes claimed as an ex- ample of a ready - made ruler . But no case could well be less in point ...
... becomes more complicated , can be worked at sight by any man able to talk for an hour or two without stopping to think . Mr. Lincoln is sometimes claimed as an ex- ample of a ready - made ruler . But no case could well be less in point ...
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Page 173 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 220 - 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...
Page xlvi - And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate.
Page 144 - 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.
Page 146 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 69 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution...
Page 144 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Page 146 - ... 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.
Page 232 - Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery...
Page 143 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any...