ISBN: 9781153009140

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...under the laws making persons engaged in the slave trade guilty of piracy. The writer has often heard Mr. Lincoln observe, that in a moral and personal view he saw but little difference in the magnitude of the crime between the captain of the vessel who purchased slaves and carried them away from home and friends in Africa to distant countries to spend a life of servitude, and the slave trader who purchased the husband or child in Virginia and conveyed them, manacled it might be, to work a life of servitude on the distant sugar plantations of Louisiana. Thus, from ideas garnered from the history of the republic, the increase of the anti-slavery feeling in the free States and the march of universal emancipation throughout the civilized world, Mr. Lincoln became satisfied that slavery was undergoing a process of ultimate extinction, and that would be the result finally in the United States; and feeling and acting under that view of the situation, he said, in his first speech after his nomination for Senator, in Springfield: A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to falL but 1 do expect it will cease to be divided. The method and mtans by which this result would be accomplished he believed would be by the prohibition of the further extension of slavery and the moral and christianizing influence, which would eventually lead the citizens of the slave holding States to inaugurate and carry out a system of emancipation which would result in its entire extinction. Mr. Lincoln was fully in accord with Henry Clay in his views of gradual emancipation, and was present at Lexington, in 1846, when he... Charles Maltby, Books, History, The Life And Public Services Of Abraham Lincoln Books>History Volume: 1 Publisher: Stockton, Cal., Daily Independent Steam Power Print Publication date: 1884 Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents -- United States Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

ISBN: 9781153009140

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...under the laws making persons engaged in the slave trade guilty of piracy. The writer has often heard Mr. Lincoln observe, that in a moral and personal view he saw but little difference in the magnitude of the crime between the captain of the vessel who purchased slaves and carried them away from home and friends in Africa to distant countries to spend a life of servitude, and the slave trader who purchased the husband or child in Virginia and conveyed them, manacled it might be, to work a life of servitude on the distant sugar plantations of Louisiana. Thus, from ideas garnered from the history of the republic, the increase of the anti-slavery feeling in the free States and the march of universal emancipation throughout the civilized world, Mr. Lincoln became satisfied that slavery was undergoing a process of ultimate extinction, and that would be the result finally in the United States; and feeling and acting under that view of the situation, he said, in his first speech after his nomination for Senator, in Springfield: A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to falL but 1 do expect it will cease to be divided. The method and mtans by which this result would be accomplished he believed would be by the prohibition of the further extension of slavery and the moral and christianizing influence, which would eventually lead the citizens of the slave holding States to inaugurate and carry out a system of emancipation which would result in its entire extinction. Mr. Lincoln was fully in accord with Henry Clay in his views of gradual emancipation, and was present at Lexington, in 1846, when he... Charles Maltby, Books, History, The Life And Public Services Of Abraham Lincoln Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153009140

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have oc… Mehr…

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Books History~~General Life-And-Public-Services-Of-Abraham-Lincoln~~Charles-Maltby General Books LLC Volume: 1 Publisher: Stockton, Cal., Daily Independent Steam Power Print Publication date: 1884 Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents -- United States Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<