The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of MaineThayer & Eldridge, 1860 - 320 páginas |
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... representative man . Born on the " dark and bloody ground " of Kentucky , he was " raised " in Illinois , being brought to that then Territory at a period when the foot of the white man had barely begun to tread its magnificent prairies ...
... representative man . Born on the " dark and bloody ground " of Kentucky , he was " raised " in Illinois , being brought to that then Territory at a period when the foot of the white man had barely begun to tread its magnificent prairies ...
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... Representatives , of Robert C. Winthrop , of Massachusetts , showed the President and Cab- inet to be in a minority in that branch of Congress . The sessions of the Thirtieth Congress were crowded with important events . The unjust war ...
... Representatives , of Robert C. Winthrop , of Massachusetts , showed the President and Cab- inet to be in a minority in that branch of Congress . The sessions of the Thirtieth Congress were crowded with important events . The unjust war ...
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... representatives to that body , who will , by unfriendly legislation , effectually prevent the introduction of it into their midst . If , on the contrary , they are for it , their legislation will favor its extension . Hence , no matter ...
... representatives to that body , who will , by unfriendly legislation , effectually prevent the introduction of it into their midst . If , on the contrary , they are for it , their legislation will favor its extension . Hence , no matter ...
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... representative of this State , he declared the Mexican war to be unjust and infamous , and would not support it , or acknow- ledge his own country to be right in the contest , because he said that American blood was not shed on American ...
... representative of this State , he declared the Mexican war to be unjust and infamous , and would not support it , or acknow- ledge his own country to be right in the contest , because he said that American blood was not shed on American ...
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... representatives in the legislature when they assembled together at Springfield . In the first place , you must remember that this was the organization of a new party . It is so declared in the resolutions themselves , which say that you ...
... representatives in the legislature when they assembled together at Springfield . In the first place , you must remember that this was the organization of a new party . It is so declared in the resolutions themselves , which say that you ...
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Página 36 - 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 75 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 96 - 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 139 - In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' 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.
Página 36 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." 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...
Página 37 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Página 203 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Página 263 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the national Territories and to overrun us here in these free States? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively.
Página 40 - But when we see a lot of framed timbers, different portions of which we know have been gotten out at different times and places and by different workmen -Stephen, Franklin, Roger and James,* for instance...
Página 250 - Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so would be to discard all the lights of current experience —to reject all progress — all improvement.