Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: State papers, 1861-1865Current literature publishing Company, 1907 |
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Page xxxviii
... election of Mr. Lincoln , which it was clearly in their power to prevent had they wished , was the occasion merely , and not the cause , of their revolt . Abo- litionism , till within a year or two , was the de- spised heresy of a few ...
... election of Mr. Lincoln , which it was clearly in their power to prevent had they wished , was the occasion merely , and not the cause , of their revolt . Abo- litionism , till within a year or two , was the de- spised heresy of a few ...
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... ventured to affirm this even of Virginia and Tennessee ; for the result of an election held in military camps , where the bayonets are all on one side of the question voted upon , can scarcely be considered as demonstrating 20 STATE PAPERS.
... ventured to affirm this even of Virginia and Tennessee ; for the result of an election held in military camps , where the bayonets are all on one side of the question voted upon , can scarcely be considered as demonstrating 20 STATE PAPERS.
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... election , all that large class who are at once for the Union and against coercion would be coerced to vote against the Union . It may be affirmed without extravagance that the free institutions we enjoy have developed the powers and ...
... election , all that large class who are at once for the Union and against coercion would be coerced to vote against the Union . It may be affirmed without extravagance that the free institutions we enjoy have developed the powers and ...
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... elections . Such will be a great lesson of peace : teaching men that what they cannot take by an election , neither can they take it by a war ; teaching all the folly of being the beginners of a war . Lest there be some uneasiness in ...
... elections . Such will be a great lesson of peace : teaching men that what they cannot take by an election , neither can they take it by a war ; teaching all the folly of being the beginners of a war . Lest there be some uneasiness in ...
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... election can only save the government from immediate destruction by giving up the main point upon which the people gave the election . The people themselves , and not their servants , can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions ...
... election can only save the government from immediate destruction by giving up the main point upon which the people gave the election . The people themselves , and not their servants , can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions ...
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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...