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... Seward , who was his principal competitor . Was elected on November 6 , receiving 180 electoral votes to 72 for John C. Breckinridge , 39 for John Bell , and 12 for Stephen A. Douglas . Was inaugurated March 4 , 1861. On June 8 , 1864 ...
... Seward , who was his principal competitor . Was elected on November 6 , receiving 180 electoral votes to 72 for John C. Breckinridge , 39 for John Bell , and 12 for Stephen A. Douglas . Was inaugurated March 4 , 1861. On June 8 , 1864 ...
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... SEWARD , Secretary of State . BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . A PROCLAMATION . Whereas , for the reasons assigned in my proclamation of the 19th instant , a blockade of the ports of the States of South Carolina ...
... SEWARD , Secretary of State . BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . A PROCLAMATION . Whereas , for the reasons assigned in my proclamation of the 19th instant , a blockade of the ports of the States of South Carolina ...
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... SEWARD , Secretary of State . BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . A PROCLAMATION . Whereas an insurrection exists in the State of Florida by which the lives , liberty , and property of loyal citizens of the United States ...
... SEWARD , Secretary of State . BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . A PROCLAMATION . Whereas an insurrection exists in the State of Florida by which the lives , liberty , and property of loyal citizens of the United States ...
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... SEWARD , Secretary of State . EXECUTIVE ORDERS . Lieutenant - General SCOTT . WASHINGTON , April 25 , 1861 . MY DEAR SIR : The Maryland legislature assembles to - morrow at Annapolis , and not improbably will take action to arm the ...
... SEWARD , Secretary of State . EXECUTIVE ORDERS . Lieutenant - General SCOTT . WASHINGTON , April 25 , 1861 . MY DEAR SIR : The Maryland legislature assembles to - morrow at Annapolis , and not improbably will take action to arm the ...
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... SEWARD , Secretary of State . ABRAHAM LINCOLN . GENERAL ORDERS , No. 13 . WAR DEPARTMENT , ADJUTANT - GENERAL'S OFFICE , Washington , April 30 , 1861 . The President directs that all officers of the Army , except those who have entered ...
... SEWARD , Secretary of State . ABRAHAM LINCOLN . GENERAL ORDERS , No. 13 . WAR DEPARTMENT , ADJUTANT - GENERAL'S OFFICE , Washington , April 30 , 1861 . The President directs that all officers of the Army , except those who have entered ...
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Página 403 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real ,and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens...
Página 107 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 108 - Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend.
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 156 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary selfdefense, and I recommend to them, that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable 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 forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Página 156 - 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...
Página 155 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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 97 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Página 107 - Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies. Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand, neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams...
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.