Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: State papers, 1861-1865Current literature publishing Company, 1907 |
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Page xxxi
... considerations , each in itself trifling , but all together weighty , that the framers of policy can alone divine what is practicable and therefore wise . The imputation of incon- sistency is one to which every sound politician and ...
... considerations , each in itself trifling , but all together weighty , that the framers of policy can alone divine what is practicable and therefore wise . The imputation of incon- sistency is one to which every sound politician and ...
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... consideration was given to the questions of power and propriety before this matter was acted upon . The whole of the laws which were required to be faithfully executed were being resisted and failing of execution in nearly one third of ...
... consideration was given to the questions of power and propriety before this matter was acted upon . The whole of the laws which were required to be faithfully executed were being resisted and failing of execution in nearly one third of ...
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... consideration the expediency of an appropriation for maintaining a chargé d'affaires near each of those new states . It does not admit of doubt that important commercial advantages might be secured by favorable treaties with them . The ...
... consideration the expediency of an appropriation for maintaining a chargé d'affaires near each of those new states . It does not admit of doubt that important commercial advantages might be secured by favorable treaties with them . The ...
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... consideration of Congress the present condition of the statute laws , with the hope that Congress will be able to find an easy remedy for many of the inconveniences and evils which constantly embarrass those engaged in the prac- tical ...
... consideration of Congress the present condition of the statute laws , with the hope that Congress will be able to find an easy remedy for many of the inconveniences and evils which constantly embarrass those engaged in the prac- tical ...
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... the delicacy , not to say the danger , of the subject , I commend to your care- ful consideration whether this power of making judgments final may not properly be given to the court ANNUAL MESSAGE , DEC . 3 , 1861 37.
... the delicacy , not to say the danger , of the subject , I commend to your care- ful consideration whether this power of making judgments final may not properly be given to the court ANNUAL MESSAGE , DEC . 3 , 1861 37.
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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 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 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 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 81 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 232 - Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery...