Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 2Century Company, 1907 |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN act of Congress April army August authority believe BURNSIDE citizens city of Washington City Point command Constitution copy dear Sir December declare DEPARTMENT despatch draft duty election emancipation enemy EXECUTIVE MANSION February February 27 force Fort Monroe Fort Sumter Frémont G. B. MCCLELLAN give H. W. HALLECK hereby honor House of Representatives January July July 13 June Kentucky labor letter LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT Louisiana loyal MAJOR-GENERAL MCCLELLAN March March 18 MCCLELLAN ment military Missouri naval navy November obedient servant October officers P. M. MAJOR-GENERAL persons ports Potomac present President proclamation question rebel rebellion received resolution Richmond ROSECRANS Secretary of War SECRETARY STANTON Senate and House September September 12 SEWARD slavery slaves soldiers Sumter TELEGRAM telegraph Tennessee thereof tion to-day transmit Treasury troops truly U. S. GRANT Union United Virginia WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON wish yesterday
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Page 1 - 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, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force
Page 3 - only menaced, is now formidably attempted./ I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper
Page 586 - are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to
Page 440 - against invasion and domestic violence. The constitutional obligation of the United States to guarantee to every State in the "Union a republican form of government, and to protect the State in the cases stated, is explicit and full. But why tender the benefits this provision only to a State government set up in this
Page 271 - allowed, to labor 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
Page 1 - reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that
Page 335 - armies. Long experience has shown that armies cannot be maintained unless desertion shall be punished by the severe penalty of death. The case requires, and the law and the Constitution sanction, this punishment. Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts,. while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to
Page 179 - of the Senate and House of Representatives : Considering the bill for "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," and the joint resolution explanatory of said act, as being substantially one, I have approved and signed
Page 183 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or States wherein the constitutional authority of the United States shall not then be practically recognized, submitted to, and maintained, shall then, thenceforward, and forever be free.
Page 708 - Until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toll shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword. . . . With