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... ment , excepting only Forts Pickens , Taylor , and Jefferson , on and near the Florida coast , and Fort Sumter , in Charleston Harbor , South Caro- lina . The forts thus seized had been put in improved condition , new ones had been ...
... ment , excepting only Forts Pickens , Taylor , and Jefferson , on and near the Florida coast , and Fort Sumter , in Charleston Harbor , South Caro- lina . The forts thus seized had been put in improved condition , new ones had been ...
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... ment to be transferred to their capital at Richmond . The people of Virginia have thus allowed this giant insurrection to make its nest within her borders , and this Government has no choice left but to deal with it where it finds it ...
... ment to be transferred to their capital at Richmond . The people of Virginia have thus allowed this giant insurrection to make its nest within her borders , and this Government has no choice left but to deal with it where it finds it ...
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... ment of their common country as any other civilized and patriotic people . They knew they could make no advancement directly in the teeth of these strong and noble sentiments . Accordingly , they commenced by an insidious debauching of ...
... ment of their common country as any other civilized and patriotic people . They knew they could make no advancement directly in the teeth of these strong and noble sentiments . Accordingly , they commenced by an insidious debauching of ...
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... ment can possibly endure . If all the States save one should assert the power to drive that one out of the Union , it is presumed the whole class of seceder politicians would at once deny the power and denounce the act as the greatest ...
... ment can possibly endure . If all the States save one should assert the power to drive that one out of the Union , it is presumed the whole class of seceder politicians would at once deny the power and denounce the act as the greatest ...
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... ment whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ; to lift arti- ficial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all ; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life ...
... ment whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ; to lift arti- ficial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all ; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN accompanying act of Congress ad interim Adjutant-General aforesaid amendment America ANDREW JOHNSON answer appointed approved April Army authority bill Brevet Carolina caused the seal citizens city of Washington civil command Commissioner communication convention copy courts December declared Department Department of War District duty election entitled An act EXECUTIVE MANSION exercise February Federal force Government governor Grant hand and caused hereby hereunto set House of Representatives impeachment Indians instant insurrection January July June labor land legislation Lorenzo Thomas loyal Major-General March ment military naval Navy oath peace persons ports present President proclamation purpose rebellion received relation requesting resolution respect Secretary Secretary of War Senate Senate and House set my hand SEWARD South Carolina Stanton Territory thereof tion transmit a report transmit herewith Treasury treaty ultimo Union United vote War Department WASHINGTON Whereas WILLIAM H
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Página 158 - ... 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.
Página 277 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to him?
Página 158 - 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, do, on this...
Página 134 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Página 107 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that...
Página 158 - ... respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Página 97 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Página 435 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Página 416 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 134 - The great body of the people abide by the dry legal obligation in both cases, and a few break over in each. This, I think, cannot be perfectly cured, and it would be worse in both cases after the separation of the sections than before.