...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...elf with renewed zest to his law practice, acquiesced in the Compromise of 1850 with reluctance and a mental reservation, supported in the Presidentia... ...near. The peace promised, and apparently inaugurated, by the Compromise of 1850 was rudely broken by the introduc- tion of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill in... ...dly dis- avowed any wish on his part to have social and political equality established between whites and blacks. On this point he summed up his views... ...n which he was, if rightly controlled. He ig- nored the insult, but firmly established his superiority. In his reply, which he forthwith despatched, h... ...ublic utility of internal improvements. That the poor- est and most thinly populated countries would be greatly benefited by the opening of good roads... ...and join mine, this being the case it was agreed that they should exchange places and answer to each other’s names—as it was ex- pected we all would b... ...o the family of the lion, or the tribe of the eagle. What! think you these places would satisfy an Alexander, a Caesar, or a Napoleon? Never! Towering...

...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether ...

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State... ...at have no connection with the General Government. After Judge Douglas has established this proposition, which nobody disputes or ever has disputed, h... ...asures shows con- clusively that the authors of the Compromise measures of 1850 and of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, as well as the mem- bers of th... ...ing through more than three hours, if you undertake to read it, he at last places the whole matter under the control of that power which he has been c... ... regard to the admission of Missouri, by which the Missouri Compromise was established and slavery excluded from a country half as large as the presen... ... in such slow degrees as that the evil will wear off insensibly, and their places be, pari passu, filled up by free white laborers. If, on the contrar... ... Missouri Compromise, but it did not stay settled. Then the compromises of 1850 were declared to be a full and final settlement of the question. The t... ... own country is extensive and new, and the countries of Europe are densely populated, if there are any abroad who desire to make this the land of thei...