Abraham Lincoln's SpeechesDodd, Mead, 1895 - 371 pages |
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... negro , and that to enslave him was to commit a moral and political wrong . The South held that slav- ery was morally and politically right . The sur- render of its opinions was prohibited by the conscience of the North ; the South ...
... negro , and that to enslave him was to commit a moral and political wrong . The South held that slav- ery was morally and politically right . The sur- render of its opinions was prohibited by the conscience of the North ; the South ...
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... negro population to Africa , " etc. Lapse of time and the distinguished career of its author have only served to confirm the justice of the contemporary criticisms of this paper . As it appears in the " Collected Writings " of its ...
... negro population to Africa , " etc. Lapse of time and the distinguished career of its author have only served to confirm the justice of the contemporary criticisms of this paper . As it appears in the " Collected Writings " of its ...
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... negro race to Africa . One point in the eulogy is of some in- terest in view of the use afterwards made of it by Mr. Lincoln . It is his contention that the " Fath- ers " intended to include the negro in the state- ment in the ...
... negro race to Africa . One point in the eulogy is of some in- terest in view of the use afterwards made of it by Mr. Lincoln . It is his contention that the " Fath- ers " intended to include the negro in the state- ment in the ...
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... negro , I wish to ask whether you of the South , yourselves , have ever been willing to do as much ? It is kindly pro- vided that of all those who come into the world , only a small percentage are natural tyrants . That percentage is no ...
... negro , I wish to ask whether you of the South , yourselves , have ever been willing to do as much ? It is kindly pro- vided that of all those who come into the world , only a small percentage are natural tyrants . That percentage is no ...
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... negro has some natural right to himself , that those who deny it and make mere merchandise of him deserve kick- ings , contempt , and death . " ... But one great argument in support of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is still to ...
... negro has some natural right to himself , that those who deny it and make mere merchandise of him deserve kick- ings , contempt , and death . " ... But one great argument in support of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise is still to ...
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Page 292 - named.] And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward forever shall be free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will
Page 291 - 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 292 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my intention so to do, publicly proclaimed for one hundred days as aforesaid, order and designate as the States and parts of States in which the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : [Here
Page 71 - June 17, 1858. IF we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated 1
Page 293 - faithfully for wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison and defend forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. THE
Page 209 - swept away. If it is right, we cannot justly object to its nationality— its universality ; if it is wrong, they cannot justly insist upon its extension — its enlargement. All they ask we could readily grant, if we thought slavery right; all we ask they could as readily grant if they thought it wrong. Their
Page 322 - of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. " The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or
Page 295 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: [Here follows
Page 302 - Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, — in which you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honourable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that
Page 34 - of civil liberty, still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked, deathless splendour leave it shining on.