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...dvocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.” Judge Douglas makes us... ...question is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question... ...n is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question foreve... ...s that in that year there were over four hundred thousand mulattoes in the United States. Now let us take what is called an Abolition State—the Republ... ...in that year there were over four hundred thousand mulattoes in the United States. Now let us take what is called an Abolition State—the Republican, s... ... all these things are prepared for you by the teachings of history, if the elections shall promise that the next Dred Scott decision and all future de... ...1805, prescribing rules for the subdivision of sections of land within the United States system of surveys, standing unrepealed, in my opinion, is bin... ...n- form to ordinary custom; we must nominate candidates; and we must carry elections. In all these things, I think that we ought to keep in view our r... ...ver have been beaten by the people. The next and three succeeding biennial elections I was elected to the 93 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Fi...

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...can be made, except in the State Legislature,—not in the Con- gress of the United States; and as I do not really apprehend the approach of any such th... ...made, except in the State Legislature,—not in the Con- gress of the United States; and as I do not really apprehend the approach of any such thing mys... ...hat would be a most mani- fest reason for it. It is true, as Judge Douglas states, that many Territorial bills have passed without having such a provi... ...lection for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, Trumbull alleges that the... ... for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, Trumbull alleges that these last... ...lection for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, if it is said that this i... ...e me the bill re- ported by the senator from Illinois on the 7th of March, 1856, providing for the admission of Kansas as a State, the third section o... ...nt form if the party that made it had not been sustained previously by the elections. My own opin- ion is, that the new Dred Scott decision, deciding ... ... exclude slavery, will never be made if that party is not sustained by the elections. I be- lieve, further, that it is just as sure to be made as to-m...

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... yet it is in a peculiar degree both illustrative and typical of the great statesman who made it, alike in its strong com- 4 The Writings of Abraham ... ...He says: “….the moral qualities that are required in the higher spheres of statesmanship [are not] those of a hero or a saint. Passionate earnestness ... ...re that of skil- ful compromise, and in the conditions of modern life, the statesman is likely to succeed best who possesses second- ary qualities to ... ...s; he read Robinson Crusoe, The Pilgrim’s Progress, a short history of the United States, and Weems’s Life of Washington. To the town constable’s he w... ...n their claims seemed to him unfair. Presenting his very first case in the United States Circuit Court, the only question being one of authority, he d... ...854. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise, opening the Territories of the United States, the heritage of coming generations, to the invasion of slave... ...There were even signs of a reaction against the administration in the fall elections of 1862, seemingly justifying the opinion, entertained by many, t... ...t by. I shall advert to but one more point. Mr. Lamborn refers to the late elections in the States, and from their results confidently predicts that e... ...ssage as re- lates to fraudulent voting, and other fraudulent practices at elections, be referred to the Committee on Elections, with instructions to ...

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...r Aristotle did not separate, as we are inclined to do, the spheres of the statesman and the moralist. In the Ethics he has described the character ne... ...he individual but in a description of the legislative opportunities of the statesman. It is the legislator’s task to frame a society which shall make ... ..., a pattern therefore in the mean- time for the individual and not for the statesman. It is a city, he admits in the Laws, for gods or the children of... ...nceptions of the good. In so far as men conceive the good rightly they are united. The state represents their common agreement, force their failure to... ...ts, the rivalry of parties, and the struggle of classes, instead of in the united seeking after a common good. Plato and Aristotle were familiar with ... ...R. D. Hicks, 1907. Ethica : J. S. Brewer (Nicomachean), 1836; W . E. Jelf, 1856; J. E. T . Rogers, 1865; A. Grant, 1857-8, 1866, 1874, 1885; E. Moore,... ..., that many of the commonalty not being obliged to it, will not attend the elections. From hence it is evident, that such a state will not consist of ... ...a citizen can- not be one and the same. But do we never find those virtues united which constitute a good man and excellent citizen? for we say, such ... ...e principles of the art than of those who practise it: and with respect to elections the same method of proceeding seems right; for to elect a proper ...

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...e eleven years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our writ... ...n years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Con... ...on, all of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever... ... of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever devise... ...oroughly desperate. Had De Tocqueville lived to examine the history of the United States from 1860 to 1870, his misgivings as to this power of self- p... ...y desperate. Had De Tocqueville lived to examine the history of the United States from 1860 to 1870, his misgivings as to this power of self- preserva... ... Thus, if the selectmen omit to fulfil the legal formalities usual at town elections, they may be condemned to pay a fine;* but when the public office... ...s in France than in America, but in fact it exists. In America, it acts by elections and decrees; in France it proceeds by revo- lutions; but notwiths... ...esentatives is called upon to choose the President – Results of the twelve elections which have taken place since the Constitution has been establishe...

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...ink annexation an evil. I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free States, due to the Union of the States, and perhaps to liberty itself (para... ...berty itself (paradox though it may seem), to let the slavery of the other States alone; while, on the other hand, I hold it to be equally clear that ... ... LINCOLN. 20 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 22, 1847 Whereas, The Pres... ...N. 20 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 22, 1847 Whereas, The President o... ... HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 22, 1847 Whereas, The President of the United States, in his mes- sage of May 11, 1846, has declared that “the Mex... ...the Mexican Gov- ernment not only refused to receive him [the envoy of the United States], or to listen to his propositions, but, after a long-continu... ...tes, by consent or by compulsion, either by accepting office, or voting at elections, or paying tax, or serving on juries, or having process served up... ...tions. On all but one his positions have already been in- dorsed at former elections, and his party fully committed to them; but that one is new, and ... ...of them may be. We and our candi- date are in favor of making Presidential elections and the legislation of the country distinct matters; so that the ...

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...chool, many of whom have filled conspicuous places in the service of their States. T wo of my contemporaries there —who, I believe, never attended any... ...ation my father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I ... ...y father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I believe... ...uld not write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vacancy at ... ... write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vacancy at West Po... ...afforded, it would not have voted for Jefferson Davis for President of the United 15 U. S. Grant States, over Mr. Lincoln, or any other representativ... ...d out abo- litionists, men who carried their hostility to slavery into all elections, from those for a justice of the peace up to the Presi- dency of ... ...ged. Many strong Union men believed that the war must prove a failure. The elections of 1862 had gone against the party which was for the prosecution ... ...he campaign of Vicksburg was suggested and developed by circumstances. The elections of 1862 had gone against the prosecution of the war. V oluntary e...

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...ub lished, they would, I am convinced, place his character as a practical statesman fully on a level with his eminence as a speculative writer. 18 A... ...spondence with India in one of the leading departments, that of the Native States. This contin ued to be my official duty until I was appointed Exami... ...d speak 73 John Stuart Mill ers of the Cambridge Union and of the Oxford United De bating Society. It is curiously illustrative of the tendencies o... ...or my state of mind, was that they expressed, not mere outward beauty, but states of feeling, and of thought coloured by feeling, under the excitement... ... the name of friendship, in a really earnest mind. All these circumstances united, made the number very small of those whose society, and still more w... ...urther extension of slavery, but whose fidelity to the Constitution of the United States made them disapprove of any attempt by the Federal Government... ...ing the mis chievous burden of what are called the legitimate expenses of elections. Among our many amendments, was that of Mr. Fawcett for making th... ...he extension of the precautions and penalties against bribery to municipal elections, which are well known to be not only a preparatory school for bri... ...ell known to be not only a preparatory school for bribery at parliamentary elections, but an habitual cover for it. The Conservative Government, howev...