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... attempted enforcement everywhere , on land and sea , through the intervention of Congress and of the Federal courts ... attempts to 1860 ] 17 Letter of Acceptance.
... attempted enforcement everywhere , on land and sea , through the intervention of Congress and of the Federal courts ... attempts to 1860 ] 17 Letter of Acceptance.
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Abraham Lincoln. maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it ; and we deny the authority of Congress , of a territorial legislature , or of any indi- viduals , to give legal existence to slavery in any ...
Abraham Lincoln. maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it ; and we deny the authority of Congress , of a territorial legislature , or of any indi- viduals , to give legal existence to slavery in any ...
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... attempt the ruin of the government rather than see it administered as it was administered by the men who made it . At least so I hope and believe . I thank you both for your own letter and a sight of that of Mr. Botts . Yours very truly ...
... attempt the ruin of the government rather than see it administered as it was administered by the men who made it . At least so I hope and believe . I thank you both for your own letter and a sight of that of Mr. Botts . Yours very truly ...
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... attempt to in- veigle me into Kentucky to do me violence . I believe no such thing of you or of Kentuckians generally ; and I dislike to be represented to them as slandering them in that way . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN . LETTER TO ...
... attempt to in- veigle me into Kentucky to do me violence . I believe no such thing of you or of Kentuckians generally ; and I dislike to be represented to them as slandering them in that way . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN . LETTER TO ...
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... attempted to procure the reading of the Republican platform , or my speeches , by the Southern people ? If not , what reason have I to expect that any additional production of mine would meet a better fate ? It would make me appear as ...
... attempted to procure the reading of the Republican platform , or my speeches , by the Southern people ? If not , what reason have I to expect that any additional production of mine would meet a better fate ? It would make me appear as ...
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Page 165 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 216 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 150 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension.
Page 17 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Page 84 - You think slavery is right and ought to be extended, while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That. I suppose, is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.
Page 299 - Great honor is due to those officers who remained true despite the example of their treacherous associates; but the greatest honor and most important fact of all is the unanimous firmness of the common soldiers and common sailors. To the last man, so far as known, they have successfully resisted the traitorous efforts of those whose commands but an hour before they obeyed as absolute law. This is the patriotic instinct of plain people. They understand without an argument that the destroying the Government...
Page 17 - That the new dogma that the Constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States...
Page 110 - Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To his care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Page 337 - Kentucky gone, we cannot hold Missouri, nor, as I think, Maryland. These all against us, and the job on our hands is too large for us. We would as well consent to separation at once, including the surrender of this capital.
Page 277 - The policy chosen looked to the exhaustion of all peaceful measures before a resort to any stronger ones. It sought only to hold the public places and property not already wrested from the Government, and to collect the revenue, relying for the rest on time, discussion, and the ballot-box.