Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: State papers, 1861-1865Current literature publishing Company, 1907 |
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Page xvii
... consider the expanse of the territory at stake , the hosts brought into the field , or the reach of the principles involved , may fairly be reckoned the most momentous of modern times— was to be waged by a people divided at home ...
... consider the expanse of the territory at stake , the hosts brought into the field , or the reach of the principles involved , may fairly be reckoned the most momentous of modern times— was to be waged by a people divided at home ...
Page xxvii
... consider similar revelations in regard to Queen Victoria as thoroughly American in their want of bienséance . It is no concern of ours , nor does it affect his fitness for the high place he so worthily occupies ; but he is certainly as ...
... consider similar revelations in regard to Queen Victoria as thoroughly American in their want of bienséance . It is no concern of ours , nor does it affect his fitness for the high place he so worthily occupies ; but he is certainly as ...
Page xxxvi
... consider that the order of events had any legitimate bearing on the argument . Though Mr. Lincoln was too sagacious to give the Northern allies of the Rebels the occasion they desired and even strove to provoke , yet from the beginning ...
... consider that the order of events had any legitimate bearing on the argument . Though Mr. Lincoln was too sagacious to give the Northern allies of the Rebels the occasion they desired and even strove to provoke , yet from the beginning ...
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... consider the very question of dis- rupting the Federal Union was in session at the capital of Virginia when Fort Sumter fell . To this body the people had chosen a large majority of professed Union men . Almost immediately after the ...
... consider the very question of dis- rupting the Federal Union was in session at the capital of Virginia when Fort Sumter fell . To this body the people had chosen a large majority of professed Union men . Almost immediately after the ...
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... consider in deference to what principle it is that he does it - what better he is likely to get in its stead - whether the substi- tute will give , or be intended to give , so much of good to the people ? There are some fore- shadowings ...
... consider in deference to what principle it is that he does it - what better he is likely to get in its stead - whether the substi- tute will give , or be intended to give , so much of good to the people ? There are some fore- shadowings ...
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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...