The Martyr's Monument: Being the Patriotism and Political Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Exhibited in His Speeches, Messages, Orders, and Proclamations, from the Presidential Canvass of 1860 Until His Assassination, April 14, 1865American News Company, 1885 - 297 pages |
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... soldiers of the army who achieved that Independence . I have often in- quired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together . It was not the mere mat- ter of the separation of the Colonies ...
... soldiers of the army who achieved that Independence . I have often in- quired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together . It was not the mere mat- ter of the separation of the Colonies ...
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... soldier in it but who had taken his place there of his own free choice . But more than this ; there are many single regiments whose members , one and another , possess full practical knowledge of all the arts , sciences , profes- sions ...
... soldier in it but who had taken his place there of his own free choice . But more than this ; there are many single regiments whose members , one and another , possess full practical knowledge of all the arts , sciences , profes- sions ...
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... soldier or common sailor is known to have deserted his flag . Great honor is due to those officers who remained true ... soldiers and common sailors . To the last man , so far as known , they have successfully resisted the traitorous ...
... soldier or common sailor is known to have deserted his flag . Great honor is due to those officers who remained true ... soldiers and common sailors . To the last man , so far as known , they have successfully resisted the traitorous ...
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... soldiers were assaulted , bridges were burned , and railroads torn up within her limits ; and we were many days , at ... soldier at first , have now an aggregate of not less than forty thousand in the field for the Union ; while of their ...
... soldiers were assaulted , bridges were burned , and railroads torn up within her limits ; and we were many days , at ... soldier at first , have now an aggregate of not less than forty thousand in the field for the Union ; while of their ...
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... soldier did not extricate himself or his country by success , and in the course of which the civilian showed at least the ability always to touch with his pen the right point . TO GENERAL M'CLELLAN ON THE PLAN OF THE CAM- PAIGN AGAINST ...
... soldier did not extricate himself or his country by success , and in the course of which the civilian showed at least the ability always to touch with his pen the right point . TO GENERAL M'CLELLAN ON THE PLAN OF THE CAM- PAIGN AGAINST ...
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Page 279 - Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 61 - Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Page 245 - 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 279 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Page 44 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always ; and when after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you.
Page 137 - 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 43 - ... very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the Government. And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous in any given case, still the evil effect following it, being limited to that particular case, with the chance that it may be overruled, and never become a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils of a different practice.
Page 285 - Let us all join in doing the acts necessary to restoring the proper practical relations between these States and the Union, and each forever after innocently indulge his own opinion whether in doing the acts he brought the States from without into the Union, or only gave them proper assistance, they never having been out of it.
Page 44 - Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade, are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself. The great...
Page 8 - Republicans. It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great confederacy shall be at peace, and in harmony, one with another. Let us Republicans do our part to have it so. Even though much provoked, let us do nothing through passion and ill temper. Even though the Southern people will not so much as listen to us, let us calmly consider their demands, and yield to them if, in our deliberate view of our duty, we possibly can.