Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-seventh CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1862 - 914 páginas |
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... believe it has never pre- sented the presence of free colored persons as one of its grievances . But why should emancipation south , send the freed people north ? People , of any color , seldom run , unless there be something to run ...
... believe it has never pre- sented the presence of free colored persons as one of its grievances . But why should emancipation south , send the freed people north ? People , of any color , seldom run , unless there be something to run ...
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... believe that the removal of the casus belli in the Trent affair , has proved a most serious obstacle in the way of all the calculations made by the party disposed to sow dissension between the two countries . The expectations that have ...
... believe that the removal of the casus belli in the Trent affair , has proved a most serious obstacle in the way of all the calculations made by the party disposed to sow dissension between the two countries . The expectations that have ...
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... believe for an instant the existence of one particle of good faith in any professions of this kind that may be countenanced by the rebel emissaries here . But I have thought it might not be without its use to recommend that the fact of ...
... believe for an instant the existence of one particle of good faith in any professions of this kind that may be countenanced by the rebel emissaries here . But I have thought it might not be without its use to recommend that the fact of ...
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... believe . I shall endeavor , so far as it may be within my power , to keep you informed of the movements as they occur . I have the honor to be , sir , your obedient servant , Hon . WILLIAM H. SEWARD , CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS . Secretary ...
... believe . I shall endeavor , so far as it may be within my power , to keep you informed of the movements as they occur . I have the honor to be , sir , your obedient servant , Hon . WILLIAM H. SEWARD , CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS . Secretary ...
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United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Does any one believe that , in the case supposed , a single piratical insur- gent vessel would have been found demanding entrance into an European port with trophies , spoils , or captives ...
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Does any one believe that , in the case supposed , a single piratical insur- gent vessel would have been found demanding entrance into an European port with trophies , spoils , or captives ...
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Página 194 - ... 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 13 - 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 13 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Página 194 - ... state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free 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 23 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Página 548 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Página 194 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof 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 195 - Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the government of the United States or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them and coming under the control of the government of the United States;...
Página 195 - And I do hereby enjoin upon and order all persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States to observe, obey, and enforce, within their respective spheres of service, the act and sections above recited. And the Executive will in due time recommend that all citizens of the United States who shall have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion, shall (upon the restoration of the constitutional relation between the United States and their respective States and people, if...
Página 194 - That on the first day of January in the year of our 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...