The Voice of LincolnC. Scribner's Sons, 1918 - 363 páginas |
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... voted mother died . Within a year or two the father took unto himself another wife , a widow by the name of Sarah Bush Johnston , who then lived in Kentucky . She had been courted by Thomas Lincoln before he had LINCOLN'S PASSION FOR ...
... voted mother died . Within a year or two the father took unto himself another wife , a widow by the name of Sarah Bush Johnston , who then lived in Kentucky . She had been courted by Thomas Lincoln before he had LINCOLN'S PASSION FOR ...
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... voted up or voted down ' in the Territories . I do not care myself , in dealing with that expression , whether it is intended to be expressive of his individual sentiments on the subject , or only of the national policy he desires to ...
... voted up or voted down ' in the Territories . I do not care myself , in dealing with that expression , whether it is intended to be expressive of his individual sentiments on the subject , or only of the national policy he desires to ...
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... voted up or voted down . He may say he don't care whether an indifferent thing is voted up or down , but he must logically have a choice between a right thing and a wrong thing . He contends that whatever community wants slaves has a ...
... voted up or voted down . He may say he don't care whether an indifferent thing is voted up or down , but he must logically have a choice between a right thing and a wrong thing . He contends that whatever community wants slaves has a ...
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... voted forty - two times for the Wilmot Proviso , had stood firmly by John Quincy Adams and Joshua R. Giddings on the right of petition , and was recognized as a man who would do as much in opposition to slavery as his constitutional ...
... voted forty - two times for the Wilmot Proviso , had stood firmly by John Quincy Adams and Joshua R. Giddings on the right of petition , and was recognized as a man who would do as much in opposition to slavery as his constitutional ...
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... voted up or voted down , ' for sustaining the Dred Scott decision , for hold- ing that the Declaration of Independence did not mean anything at all , we have Judge Douglas giving his exposition of what the Declaration of Independence ...
... voted up or voted down , ' for sustaining the Dred Scott decision , for hold- ing that the Declaration of Independence did not mean anything at all , we have Judge Douglas giving his exposition of what the Declaration of Independence ...
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Página 244 - I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in...
Página 159 - I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save.
Página 233 - We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Página 195 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.' I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Página 195 - Resolved, that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Página 334 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Página 200 - 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.
Página 169 - I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but...
Página 355 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men...
Página 334 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it Now, in my view of the present aspect of affairs, there need be no bloodshed or war.