The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and DeathDerby and Miller, 1865 - 808 pages Includes added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by F.B. Carpenter. |
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... slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . " They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad ...
... slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . " They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad ...
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... slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave - trade . On the question of abolishing slavery in the ... slaves , or now owned by any person or persons now resident within said District , shall remain such at the will of ...
... slavery in the District of Columbia , and against the slave - trade . On the question of abolishing slavery in the ... slaves , or now owned by any person or persons now resident within said District , shall remain such at the will of ...
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... slave shall be forthwith and forever free : And pro- vided further , That the President of the United States , the Secretary of State , and the Secretary of the Treasury , shall be a board for determining the value such slaves as their ...
... slave shall be forthwith and forever free : And pro- vided further , That the President of the United States , the Secretary of State , and the Secretary of the Treasury , shall be a board for determining the value such slaves as their ...
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... slavery question was before the House , was in the famous Pacheco case . This was a bill to reimburse the heirs of Antonio ... slaves were regarded as property by the Constitution , and when taken for public service should be paid for as ...
... slavery question was before the House , was in the famous Pacheco case . This was a bill to reimburse the heirs of Antonio ... slaves were regarded as property by the Constitution , and when taken for public service should be paid for as ...
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... slave , I must . necessarily want her for a wife . I need not have her for either . I can just leave her alone . In ... slavery for the possession of Kansas was at its height . A few days after his inauguration , the Su- preme Court ...
... slave , I must . necessarily want her for a wife . I need not have her for either . I can just leave her alone . In ... slavery for the possession of Kansas was at its height . A few days after his inauguration , the Su- preme Court ...
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Page 163 - 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, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes...
Page 261 - ... 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 164 - I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper, ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Page 200 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired ;...
Page 670 - Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress...
Page 360 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.
Page 352 - One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.
Page 730 - In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 730 - tis the draught of a breath — From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Page 260 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...