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The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
作者：Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917 [Contributor]; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 [Contributor]; Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 [Contributor]; Lapsley, Arthur Brooks [Editor]
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共 128 段- His legislative career, which stretched over several session
- Neither of the two champions could have found a more formida
- But Lincoln brought to that task, aside from other uncommon
- Neither did the Emancipation Proclamation forthwith command
- He might have rendered the country a great service in anothe
- That struggle, as you all know, arose out of the terrible qu
- By the mere election of Lincoln to the Presidency, the furth
- ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLITICAL VIEWS.
- I have said that cases might occur, when an examination migh
- I am often thinking of what we said about your coming to liv
- Adams's assurance, in demanding disinterested testimony, is
- Mr. Lincoln referred to some official documents emanating fr
- TO JOHN T. STUART.
- An old man from Warren, called Dr. Gilmore, was then introdu
- In my judgment, it is to the battles of this new class of ch
- You will see by the last Sangamon Journal, that I made a tem
- DEAR SPEED:--You have heard of my duel with Shields, and I h
- Before closing, permit us to add a few reflections on the pr
- DEAR DOCTOR:--Since I saw you last fall, I have often though
- MR CHAIRMAN:--Some if not all the gentlemen on the other sid
- "Article VIII. By an express, to be immediately despatched,
- DEAR WILLIAMS:--I have not seen in the papers any evidence o
- "President Jefferson, in his message to Congress in 1806, re
- Mr. SPEAKER, our Democratic friends seem to be in a great di
- These extracts show that in 1846 General Cass was for the pr
- Sec. 4. That all persons now within this District, lawfully
- You may wish to know how Butterfield finally beat me. I can
- "Henry Clay is dead! He breathed his last on yesterday, at t
- "We are reproached with doing mischief by the agitation of t
- In the fall of 1848 the gold-mines were discovered in Califo
- But it is said there now is no law in Nebraska on the subjec
- And, really, what is the result of all this? Each party with
- Now I had seen the Washington act before, and I have careful
- Mr. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN: I was over at [Cries of "Platfor
- We, here in Illinois, should feel especially proud of the pr
- No other specification is made, and the only one that could
- I have said, in substance, that the Dred Scott decision was
- "Judge Wead said, while admitting that the floats went strai
- The election came. Mr. Buchanan was elected, and the indorse
- No, sir, I never heard of even John Calhoun saying such a th
- We were often,--more than once, at least,--in the course of
- Let us see. Lecompton in the raw was defeated. It afterward
- One more thing. Last night Judge Douglas tormented himself w
- When I made my speech at Springfield, of which the Judge com
- Now, my friends, I have but one branch of the subject, in th
- But to draw your attention to one of the points I made in th
- While I am upon this subject, I will make some answers brief
- [Judge DOUGLAS: What is the date of those resolutions?]
- There that question illustrates the character of this man Do
- "I was present when that subject was discussed by senators b
- Having done so I ask the attention of this audience to the q
- Judge Douglas has again, for, I believe, the fifth time, if
- It is to be remembered, though, that this power of acquiring
- The Judge, in his concluding speech at Galesburgh, says that
- This is the third time that Judge Douglas has assumed that h
- That extract and the sentiments expressed in it have been ex
- On the other hand, I have said there is a sentiment which tr
- Judge Douglas makes use of the above quotation, and finds a
- Remembering, too, that the Jefferson party was formed upon i
- I believe there is a genuine popular sovereignty. I think a
- There was another part of our political history, made by the
- It is to be a part and parcel of this same idea to say to me
- The other branch of it is, that in the struggle between the
- I don't stop at this illustration. I come to the State of In
- I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My
- If any man at this day sincerely believes that proper divisi
- Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusatio
- I will dwell on that no longer. I see the signs of approachi
- ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION AS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDE
- DEAR SIR:--Yours without signature was received last night.
- As with all general propositions, doubtless, there will be s
- Mr. MAYOR:--It is with feelings of deep gratitude that I mak
- "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere wit
- WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1861
- For the future troops must be brought here, but I make no po
- The dispute will be between the European and the American br
- In the border States, so called,--in fact, the middle States
- TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
- DEAR SIR:--Since conversing with you I have concluded to req
- SIR:--I receive with great pleasure a Minister from Sweden.
- Fully aware of the delicacy, not to say the danger of the su
- DEAR SIR:--Yours of the 23d is received, and I am constraine
- Every department of the government was paralyzed by treason.
- The President replied that he must not be expected to quarre
- MY DEAR SIR:--I have just assisted the Secretary of War in f
- General Fremont has been ordered by telegraph to move from F
- The President directs me to say to you that there can be not
- The enemy have concentrated in such force at Richmond as to
- You do not know how much you would oblige us if, without aba
- I am not sure whether such power of remission is or is not i
- Perhaps you have long been free, or all your lives. Your rac
- The subject presented in the memorial is one upon which I ha
- You cannot have reflected seriously when you ask that I shal
- DELAYING TACTICS OF GENERALS
- It gives me pleasure to report a decided improvement in the
- As to the second article, I think it would be impracticable
- The older have learned ever to expect it. I am anxious to af
- A. LINCOLN.
- To correct the omission to nominate this officer to the Sena
- This is intended to clear up an apparent inconsistency betwe
- GENERAL JOHN M. SCHOFIELD.
- By the third resolution the meeting indicate their opinion t
- A recurrence to the paper will show you that I have not expr
- On receipt of this letter I lost no time in laying it before
- I do not object to abide a decision of the United States Sup
- Still, let us not be over-sanguine of a speedy, final triump
- By General Meade's despatch to you of yesterday it appears t
- We are in a civil war. In such cases there always is a main
- A delegation is here saying that our armed colored troops ar
- TELEGRAM TO GENERAL MEADE.
- The receipts during the year from all sources, including loa
- This recommendation is specially made in order to comply wit
- I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States having se
- TO GENERAL THOMAS.
- "I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothi
- TO THE FRIENDS OF UNION AND LIBERTY:
- Complaint is made to me that in the vicinity of Henderson, o
- Yours of 10.30 P.M. yesterday received, and very satisfactor
- Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United
- VIII. The Secretary of War will make such general orders or
- I have just received a telegram from Governor Bramlette sayi
- The act passed at the last session for the encouragement of
- A year ago general pardon and amnesty, upon specified terms,
- I accept with emotions of profoundest gratitude, the beautif
- This, it will be perceived, transferred General Ord's agency
- A. LINCOLN.
- A. LINCOLN.
- A call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and wi