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- Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than…
- One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves…
- Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy...
- During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and send a barrel…
- Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects…
- At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change of purpose was…
- We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it…
- A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain…
- I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not…
- Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.
- We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.
- I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done…
- The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always…
- Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object
- In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You…
- I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because…
- I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.
- I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality…
- If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her…
- I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the…
- I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.
- I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall…
- The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued…
- I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer…
- Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can…
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