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... question whether any govern- ment not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergen- cie... ...Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom from and none of them as wrongs to be avenged…. Now that the election is ov... ...to Lincoln as the vicious and unpatriotic themselves. His life teaches our people that they must act with wisdom, because other- wise adherence to rig... ...eive 5 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One of a man farther removed from baseness, farther removed from corruption, from mere self-seeking; but... ...f great origi- nal genius or of an heroic type of character.” The American people should feel profoundly grateful that the greatest American statesman... ...out much malice, and have received a great deal of kindness not quite free from ridi- cule.” On Easter Day, 1865, the world knew how little this ridic... ...eriousness of Lincoln’s nature. But, as it was, their relations always re- mained somewhat formal, and Chase never felt quite at ease under a chief wh... ...d the slave power acquiesced in that election, had the Southern States re- mained under the Constitution and within the Union, and relied upon their c... ...pany, and, riding all evening and all night, overtook Maxcy and William at Lewiston in Fulton County; that Maxcy refusing to dis- charge Trailor upon ...
... evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. On this point, the present rebellion brought our republic to a severe test, and the Presidential election, occurring in regular course during the reb...
... in the Republic than I had, when I landed in America. I purposely abstain from extending these observations to any length. I have nothing to defend, ... ...y, with a modest yet most magnificent sense of its limited dimensions, had from the first opined would not hold more than two enormous portmanteaus in... ...art shock before com ing below, which, but that we were the most sanguine people living, might have prepared us for the worst. The imaginative artist... ...and vivacity. Before descending into the bowels of the ship, we had passed from the deck into a long narrow apartment, not unlike a gigantic hearse wi... ... little washing slab as standing room, — we could manage to insinuate four people into it, all at one time; and entreating each other to observe how v... ...wn, and every little boat was splashing noisily in the water; and knots of people stood upon the wharf, gazing with a kind of ‘dread delight’ on the f... ...ly. Those from the adjoining state of Connecti cut, or from the states of Maine, Vermont, or New Hamp shire, are admitted by a warrant from the stat... ...AINS. PITTSBURG AS IT CONTINUED TO RAIN most perseveringly, we all re mained below: the damp gentlemen round the stove, gradually becoming mildew... ...to (or I should rather say at which place they call, for their wharf is at Lewiston, on the opposite shore), is situated in a delicious valley, throug...
............................................................. 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT............................................. ............................................................. 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI............................................... ............................................................. 303 CHAPTER XX: FROM BOSTON TO WASHINGTON .................................................... ...en the North and South; but I have not allowed that disruption to deter me from an object which, if it were delayed, might probably never be carried o... ...e those against whom a writer does not intend to give a favorable verdict; people and places whom he desires to describe, on the peril of his own judg... ...general feelings of England to have been be- fore I found myself among the people by whom it was being waged. It is very difficult for the people of a... ... high ground, and to say that we, the older and therefore more experienced people as regards the United States, and the better gov- erned as regards F... ...oor jewelers of Attleborough have gone altogether to the wall. CHAPTER III MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT Perhaps I ought to assume that all the wo... ...re them. From Toronto we went across to Niagara, re-entering the States at Lewiston, in New York. 88 North America V ol. 1 CHAPTER VI THE CONNECTION ...
... 4 CHAPTER II: NEWPORT?RHODE ISLAND ................................................................................................. 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT ............................................................................ 34 CHAPTER IV: LOWER CANADA .........................................................................................