 | 1916 - 880 pages
...libre qui soit au monde, je n'en excepte aucune république . . . " and that to this from Lincoln, "It has long been a grave question whether any government,...of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies ..." and thence to his speech at Gettysburg in 1863, and thence to Burke... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...for, as he said, he was now too old to " care much about the mode of doing things." But one was this: "It has long been a grave question whether any Government...of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe... | |
 | Illinois. Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction - Education - 1917 - 1004 pages
...most critical periods of the Civil War, he said, "It has long been a grave question whether any nation not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain Its existence In great emergencies." Every school boy knows how the Atlantic seaboard was settled by little... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...personal or even partisan triumph, he made the following memorable speech : FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS : It has long been a grave question whether any government...to maintain its own existence in great emergencies. On this point the present Rebellion brought our Republic to a severe test; and a Presidential election,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...personal or even partisan triumph, he made the following memorable speech : FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS : It has long been a grave question whether any government...to maintain its own existence in great emergencies. On this point the present Rebellion brought our Republic to a severe test ; and a Presidential election,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...of the District went to the White House to serenade the President, to whom he spoke as follows : — It has long been a grave question whether any Government,...of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...on the night of November 10th, by the various Lincoln and Johnson Glubs of the District, he said : " It has long been a grave question whether any Government,...of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...on the night of November 10th, by the various Lincoln and Johnson Clubs of the District, he said: " It has long been a grave question whether any Government,...of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...of the District went to the White House to serenade the President, to whom he spoke as follows : — It has long been a grave question whether any Government,...of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our Government to a severe... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...serenade the President, to whom 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 Government to a severe... | |
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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 own existence, in great emergencies. On this point the present rebellion brought our republic to a severe test;... 
