Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: State papers, 1861-1865Current literature publishing Company, 1907 |
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Page xxxiv
... loyal so long accustomed to regard the Constitution as a deed of gift conveying to the South their own judgment as to policy and instinct as to right , that they were in doubt at first whether their loyalty xxxiv ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... loyal so long accustomed to regard the Constitution as a deed of gift conveying to the South their own judgment as to policy and instinct as to right , that they were in doubt at first whether their loyalty xxxiv ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page xxxvi
... loyal States down from the national position they had instinctively taken to the old level of party squab- bles and antipathies . The wholly unprovoked rebellion of an oligarchy proclaiming negro slav- ery the corner - stone of free ...
... loyal States down from the national position they had instinctively taken to the old level of party squab- bles and antipathies . The wholly unprovoked rebellion of an oligarchy proclaiming negro slav- ery the corner - stone of free ...
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... loyal citizens have , in due form , claimed its protection . Those loyal citi- zens this government is bound to recognize and protect , as being Virginia . In the border States , so called , -in fact , the Middle States , there are ...
... loyal citizens have , in due form , claimed its protection . Those loyal citi- zens this government is bound to recognize and protect , as being Virginia . In the border States , so called , -in fact , the Middle States , there are ...
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... Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to claim this of their government , and the government has no right to withhold or neglect it . It is not per- ceived that in giving it there is any coercion , any conquest , or any subjugation ...
... Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to claim this of their government , and the government has no right to withhold or neglect it . It is not per- ceived that in giving it there is any coercion , any conquest , or any subjugation ...
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... loyal regions of East Tennessee and western North Carolina should be connected with Kentucky and other faithful parts of the Union by railroad . I therefore recommend as a military measure that Congress provide for the construction of ...
... loyal regions of East Tennessee and western North Carolina should be connected with Kentucky and other faithful parts of the Union by railroad . I therefore recommend as a military measure that Congress provide for the construction of ...
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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...