The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to cut off from aid and comfort all the rebels of the South and fails to exercise it?

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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...

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...

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.

If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a...

If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a...

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in...

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in...

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

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...

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me...

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is idle to await unanimity.

It is idle to await unanimity.

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...

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.

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...

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,...