The Forms of Public AddressGeorge Pierce Baker Henry Holt, 1904 - 472 pages |
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... side or to treat topics in which the preponderance of the evidence is heavily one way , but to steer their course steadily , fair - mindedly , weighing accurately the pros and cons , from the superficial , popular under- standing of a ...
... side or to treat topics in which the preponderance of the evidence is heavily one way , but to steer their course steadily , fair - mindedly , weighing accurately the pros and cons , from the superficial , popular under- standing of a ...
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... side , danger and probable death on ours . The Rebels from the first have been eager to confiscate , imprison , scourge and kill : we have fought $ 5 1 See p . 228 . wolves with the devices of sheep . The result is ΙΟ Letters .
... side , danger and probable death on ours . The Rebels from the first have been eager to confiscate , imprison , scourge and kill : we have fought $ 5 1 See p . 228 . wolves with the devices of sheep . The result is ΙΟ Letters .
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... side of the Union . They sought their liberty in strict accor- dance with the law of the land they were butchered or re- enslaved for so doing by the help of Union soldiers enlisted to fight against Slaveholding Treason . It was ...
... side of the Union . They sought their liberty in strict accor- dance with the law of the land they were butchered or re- enslaved for so doing by the help of Union soldiers enlisted to fight against Slaveholding Treason . It was ...
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... side and appointment of General Hooker was the sole act of the 20 President . ' Mr. Lincoln was not unaware of General Hooker's attitude towards Burnside and towards himself . His language had been in the highest degree improper and ...
... side and appointment of General Hooker was the sole act of the 20 President . ' Mr. Lincoln was not unaware of General Hooker's attitude towards Burnside and towards himself . His language had been in the highest degree improper and ...
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... side at all ; and in view of such exclusion the majority of the Court acted with entire propriety in not expressing any opin- ion on these points . The matter has , however , been raised by the President of the Court . Moreover , it is ...
... side at all ; and in view of such exclusion the majority of the Court acted with entire propriety in not expressing any opin- ion on these points . The matter has , however , been raised by the President of the Court . Moreover , it is ...
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Page 226 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 227 - 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...
Page 13 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Page 233 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 230 - 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 13 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 230 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 237 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
Page 238 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes.
Page 19 - Seven years, my Lord,' have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.