Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: State papers, 1861-1865Current literature publishing Company, 1907 |
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Page xiv
... less essential in times of moral than of material peril , will be wanting at the critical mo- ment . Would this fervor of the Free States hold out ? Was it kindled by a just feeling of the value of constitutional liberty ? Had it body ...
... less essential in times of moral than of material peril , will be wanting at the critical mo- ment . Would this fervor of the Free States hold out ? Was it kindled by a just feeling of the value of constitutional liberty ? Had it body ...
Page xx
... less directed by views of party , and often even of personal advantage , as to be ready to suspect the motives of a chief magistrate compelled , for the first time in our history , to feel himself the head and hand of a great nation ...
... less directed by views of party , and often even of personal advantage , as to be ready to suspect the motives of a chief magistrate compelled , for the first time in our history , to feel himself the head and hand of a great nation ...
Page xxii
... less means at his command , out- side his own strength of heart and steadiness of understanding , for inspiring confidence in the people , and so winning it for himself , than Mr. Lincoln . All that was known of him was that he was a ...
... less means at his command , out- side his own strength of heart and steadiness of understanding , for inspiring confidence in the people , and so winning it for himself , than Mr. Lincoln . All that was known of him was that he was a ...
Page xxvii
... less wisely . People of more sensitive organizations may be shocked , but we are glad that in this our true war of independence , which is to free us for- ever from the Old World , we have had at the head of our affairs a man whom ...
... less wisely . People of more sensitive organizations may be shocked , but we are glad that in this our true war of independence , which is to free us for- ever from the Old World , we have had at the head of our affairs a man whom ...
Page xxviii
... less august to us than that which multiplies and reinforces itself in the instincts and convictions of an entire peo- ple . Autocracy may have something in it more melodramatic than this , but falls far short of it in human value and ...
... less august to us than that which multiplies and reinforces itself in the instincts and convictions of an entire peo- ple . Autocracy may have something in it more melodramatic than this , but falls far short of it in human value and ...
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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...