Orations of American Orators, Volumen26Colonial Press, 1900 |
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... Slavery .... ABRAHAM LINCOLN On his Nomination to the Senate . Second Inaugural Address Address at Gettysburg .. CHARLES SUMNER ... Claims on England ...... .... ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS . The Future of the South .... STEPHEN ARNOLD ...
... Slavery .... ABRAHAM LINCOLN On his Nomination to the Senate . Second Inaugural Address Address at Gettysburg .. CHARLES SUMNER ... Claims on England ...... .... ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS . The Future of the South .... STEPHEN ARNOLD ...
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... slavery in all future times northwest of the Ohio , as a measure of great wisdom and foresight ; and one which had been attended with highly beneficial and permanent consequences . I supposed that on this point no two gentlemen in the ...
... slavery in all future times northwest of the Ohio , as a measure of great wisdom and foresight ; and one which had been attended with highly beneficial and permanent consequences . I supposed that on this point no two gentlemen in the ...
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... slavery of the South . I said only that it was highly wise and useful in legislating for the north- western country , while it was yet a wilderness , to prohibit the in- troduction of slaves ; and added , that I presumed , in the neigh ...
... slavery of the South . I said only that it was highly wise and useful in legislating for the north- western country , while it was yet a wilderness , to prohibit the in- troduction of slaves ; and added , that I presumed , in the neigh ...
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... slavery , in the abstract , is no evil . Most assuredly I need not say I differ with him , altogether and most widely , on that point . I regard domestic slavery as one of the greatest of evils , both moral and political . But though it ...
... slavery , in the abstract , is no evil . Most assuredly I need not say I differ with him , altogether and most widely , on that point . I regard domestic slavery as one of the greatest of evils , both moral and political . But though it ...
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it was made to express three distinct propositions , on the subject of slavery and the slave trade . First , in the words of the consti- tution ; that Congress could not , prior to the year 1808 , pro- hibit the migration or importation ...
it was made to express three distinct propositions , on the subject of slavery and the slave trade . First , in the words of the consti- tution ; that Congress could not , prior to the year 1808 , pro- hibit the migration or importation ...
Términos y frases comunes
American authority British called cause Church citizens civil commerce common Congress consider constitution convention DANIEL WEBSTER debate declared Democratic party doctrine doubt Duluth duty election England equal evil existence father favor federal feeling flag freedom friends Garfield hand Hartford Convention heart HENRY WOODFIN GRADY honorable gentleman honorable member hope House human interest internal improvements JAMES GILLESPIE BLAINE JOSEPH HODGES CHOATE justice labor legislation legislature liberty Lincoln look Massachusetts measure ment moral Nathan Dane never North object occasion ocean opinion oppression orator patriotism peace political present President principles prosperity public lands question republic Republican Republican party resolution sentiments ships slave slaveholding slavery South Carolina Southern speech spirit stand tariff tariff of 1816 territory things tion to-day treaty Union United victory vote Webster West whole WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
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Página 228 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Página 240 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee and arbiter of war, — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar.
Página 228 - NEITHER PARTY EXPECTED FOR THE WAR THE MAGNITUDE OR THE DURATION WHICH IT HAS ALREADY ATTAINED. NEITHER ANTICIPATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE CONFLICT MIGHT CEASE WITH OR EVEN BEFORE THE CONFLICT ITSELF SHOULD ' CEASE. EACH LOOKED FOR AN EASIER TRIUMPH AND A RESULT LESS FUNDAMENTAL AND ASTOUNDING.
Página 228 - 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 ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Página 273 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 219 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Página 228 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Página 219 - I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Página 76 - While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that, in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise.
Página 183 - But if these things are done in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry...