If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder?

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After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the...

After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the...

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to...

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to...

There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to...

There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to...

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be...

It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be...

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which...

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which...

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of...

Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of...

In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the...

In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the...

How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed...

How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed...

Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who,...

Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who,...

The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government...

The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government...

In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation...

In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation...

They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is...

They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is...

It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act...

It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act...

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men...

The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men...

It is idle to await unanimity.

It is idle to await unanimity.

Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed...

Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed...