Fudge!! I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. It augurs not merely an unfairness on the part of creation, but a lack of artistic judgment.... Sainthood is acceptable only in saints. Abraham Lincoln. Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. It may be argued that there are certain conditions that make necessities and impose them upon us, and to the extent that a necessity is imposed upon a man he must submit to it. Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government. They said, some men are too ignorant, and vicious, to share in government. It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority. I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far as it in no wise interferes with any other man's rights, that each community, as a State, has a right to do exactly as it pleases with all the concerns within that State that interfere with the right of no other State, and that the general government, upon principle, has no right to interfere with anything other than that general class of things that does concern the whole. The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. I return to you my sincere thanks, soldiers, for the honor you have done me this afternoon. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it. It shows, also, to the extent yet known, that we have more men now than we had when the war began. The evidence reaching us from the country leaves no doubt that the material for the work is abundant, and that it needs only the hand of legislation to give it legal sanction and the hand of the Executive to give it practical shape and efficiency. It has demonstrated that a people's government can sustain a national election in the midst of a great civil war. Lest there be some uneasiness in the minds of candid men as to what is to be the course of the Government toward the Southern States after the rebellion shall have been suppressed, the Executive deems it proper to say it will be his purpose then, as ever, to be guided by the Constitution and the laws, and that he probably will have no different understanding of the powers and duties of the Federal Government relatively to the rights of the States and the people under the Constitution than that expressed in the inaugural address. That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government-that is despotism. Allow ALL the governed an. Abraham Lincoln Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. And whereas it is fit and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge and revere the Supreme Government of God; to bow in humble submission to his chastisements; to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and to pray, with all fervency and contrition, for the pardon of their past offences, and for a blessing upon their present and prospective action. Still I must save this government if possible. Through that period, it was felt by all, to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one. Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words). Any portion of such people that can may revolutionize and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms, by no means excluding females. On the other hand, the free states carry on their government on the principle of the equality of men. It is for this the struggle should be maintained, that we may not lose our birthright—not only for one, but for two or three years. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy. When you return to your homes rise up to the height of a generation of men worthy of a free Government, and we will carry out the great work we have commenced. Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. The people themselves can do this if also they choose, but the Executive as such has nothing to do with it. Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. The Chief Magistrate derives all his authority from the people, and they have referred none upon him to fix terms for the separation of the States. It augurs not merely an unfairness on the part of creation, but a lack of artistic judgment.... Sainthood is acceptable only in saints. Gold is good in its place; but living, brave, and patriotic men are better than gold. One of the greatest perplexities of the Government is to avoid receiving troops faster than it can provide for them. Once relieved, its form of government is saved to the world; its beloved history, and cherished memories, are vindicated; and its happy future fully assured, and rendered inconceivably grand. Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief. We had slavery among us, we could not get our constitution unless we permitted them to remain in slavery, we could not secure the good we did secure if we grasped for more, and having by necessity submitted to that much, it does not destroy the principle that is the charter of our liberties. There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we ourselves possess. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. The Republicans inculcate, with whatever of ability they can, that the negro is a man; that his bondage is cruelly wrong, and that the field of his oppression ought not to be enlarged. This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. But the election, along with its incidental and undesirable strife, has done good, too. This is all Republicans ask — all Republicans desire — in relation to slavery. The nation is worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel. It is worthy your every effort. This is wrong, and should not continue. To each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government. As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from - so must it be with a government. One still remains, its successful maintenance against a formidable internal attempt to overthrow it. Until now, it has not been known to the world that this was a possibility. It is clearly proved, I think, by natural theology, apart from revelation. It is in order that each of you may have through this free government which we have enjoyed, an open field and a fair chance for your industry, enterprise and intelligence; that you may all have equal privileges in the race of life, with all its desirable human aspirations. We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. It shows that even among the candidates of the same party, he who is most devoted to the Union and most opposed to treason can receive most of the people's votes. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we ourselves possess.

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