Dec 3, 1861
Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights.
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. A member of the Republican Party, he is best known for leading the nation through the Civil War and for his efforts to abolish slavery, notably through the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Lincoln's leadership during this tumultuous period helped to preserve the Union and set the stage for the eventual passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States.
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Dec 3, 1861
Labour is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Dec 3, 1861
It is the effort to place capital on an equal footing with, if not above, labour, in the structure of government.
Dec 3, 1861
In my present position, I could scarcely be justified were I to omit raising a warning voice against this approach of returning despotism.
Dec 3, 1861
It continues to develop that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a war upon the first principle of popular government,--the rights of the people.
Dec 3, 1861
They can scarcely have failed to perceive that the effort for disunion produces the existing difficulty; and that one strong nation promises a more durable peace and a more extensive, valuable, and reliable commerce than can the same…
Dec 3, 1861
Nations thus tempted to interfere are not always able to resist the counsels of seeming expediency and ungenerous ambition, although measures adopted under such influences seldom fail to be injurious and unfortunate to those adopting them.
Dec 3, 1861
To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st July last, upon the subject of increasing and extending trade and commerce of…
Dec 3, 1861
To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th July last.
Dec 2, 1861
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed.
Dec 2, 1861
The execution of the laws for the suppression of the African slave trade has been confided to the Department of the Interior.
Dec 2, 1861
I repeat the recommendation of my predecessor in his annual message to Congress in December last in regard to the disposition of the surplus.
Dec 2, 1861
I therefore recommend, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the construction of such road as speedily as possible.
Dec 2, 1861
The revenue from all sources, including loans, for the financial year ending on the 30th of June, 1861, was $86,835,900.27.
Dec 2, 1861
Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Dec 2, 1861
If any good reason exists why we should persevere longer in withholding our recognition of the independence and sovereignty of Hayti and Liberia, I am unable to discern it.
Dec 2, 1861
I venture to hope it will appear that we have practiced prudence and liberality toward foreign powers, averting causes of irritation and with firmness maintaining our own rights and honor.
Dec 2, 1861
The struggle of to-day is not altogether for to-day; it is for a vast future also.
Dec 2, 1861
I invite your attention to the correspondence between Her Britannic Majesty's minister accredited to this Government and the Secretary of State.
Dec 2, 1861
If it were just to suppose, as the insurgents have seemed to assume, that foreign nations in this case, discarding all moral, social, and treaty obligations, would act solely and selfishly for the most speedy restoration of commerce.
Dec 2, 1861
We should not be in haste to determine that radical and extreme measures, which may reach the loyal as well as the disloyal, are indispensable.
Dec 2, 1861
It is gratifying to know that the expenditures made necessary by the rebellion are not beyond the resources of the loyal people.
Dec 2, 1861
A nation which endures factious domestic division is exposed to disrespect abroad.
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