Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal HamlinW. A. Townsend & Company, 1860 - 390 էջ |
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... is a dim possibility that he is of the stock of the New Eng- land Lincolns , of Plymouth colony ; but the noble sci- ence of heraldry is almost obsolete in this country , and are meagre . none of Mr. Lincoln's family seems to ( 17 )
... is a dim possibility that he is of the stock of the New Eng- land Lincolns , of Plymouth colony ; but the noble sci- ence of heraldry is almost obsolete in this country , and are meagre . none of Mr. Lincoln's family seems to ( 17 )
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... land region , near the adjunction of North Carolina , Tennessee , and Virginia , and very probably his chil- dren's children may there be found . Late in the last century , Abraham , with his wife and five children , re- moved from ...
... land region , near the adjunction of North Carolina , Tennessee , and Virginia , and very probably his chil- dren's children may there be found . Late in the last century , Abraham , with his wife and five children , re- moved from ...
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... land ; for , in those days , land - titles were rather more uncertain than other human affairs . Aban- doning his old home , and striking through the forests in a northwesterly direction , he fixed his new dwelling- place in the heart ...
... land ; for , in those days , land - titles were rather more uncertain than other human affairs . Aban- doning his old home , and striking through the forests in a northwesterly direction , he fixed his new dwelling- place in the heart ...
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... land , about ten miles northwest of Deca- tur , on the north bank of the Sangamon river , at a junction of forest and prairie land . Here the father and son built a log - cabin , and split rails enough to fence in their land . It is ...
... land , about ten miles northwest of Deca- tur , on the north bank of the Sangamon river , at a junction of forest and prairie land . Here the father and son built a log - cabin , and split rails enough to fence in their land . It is ...
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... land for many weeks , and did not disappear until the first of March , when the waters of the thaw inundated the country . Overland travel from Macon county to Beardstown was rendered impossible ; Lincoln , and his relative , therefore ...
... land for many weeks , and did not disappear until the first of March , when the waters of the thaw inundated the country . Overland travel from Macon county to Beardstown was rendered impossible ; Lincoln , and his relative , therefore ...
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Էջ 347 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Էջ 100 - 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...
Էջ 239 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Էջ 243 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Էջ 216 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Էջ 217 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Էջ 181 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Էջ 202 - But you say you are conservative — eminently conservative — while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by "our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Էջ 189 - It is this : Does the proper division of local from Federal authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? " Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans the negative.
Էջ 194 - ... their oath to support the Constitution, would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again, George Washington, another of the "thirty-nine...