... various speeches and public as well as private letters of his that holding slaves, as a lawful right could not be interfered. One example is a private letter he wrote to a close friend Joshua Speed. As the letter was private, I believe that the content was in closest proximity to Lincoln's genuine feelings. Lincoln first talked about how he disliked slavery because of its wrongness ... he became president included a similar statement that he "[had] no lawful right" (Lincoln, 5) to interfere with the institution of slavery. Furthermore, when Lincoln explained his decision in a private le...

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... mother, but also a sense of gratitude and thankfulness for letting her sacrifice her sons for a greater cause. The deaths of a mother's sons prompt the president to write a personal and passionate letter to console and comfort her loss. The reader sympathizes with the mother and understands her lost, yet feels proud for the family who sacrificed five sons for freedom. Abraham Lincoln ... Department, Lincoln comes across a statement detailing Bixby as the "mother of five sons" that have "died gloriously on the field of battle", rousing and the president to write the consolation letter. L...

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... . He was personally against slavery, but he--the good leader that he was--did not mix his personal goals with, what he thought, was best for the country. In a personal letter, Lincoln wrote "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery .What I do about slavery, and the colored ... 's strictly business with Lincoln; he believes that there should be no personal agenda used in running a country. He, however, does not agree with slavery, as he demonstrates in the same letter by writing, "I have here stated my purpose according to m...

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... end of the war. There was opposition to this but African-Americans would not be willing to be given their freedom then have it taken away as Lincoln said in a letter to Stephen A. Hurlbut a major in the Union army. "The emancipation proclamation applies to Arkansas. I think it is valid in law, and will be so held by the courts. I think I shall ... ...

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... . But Lincoln knew that if he did not stop slavery from spreading that the Union as a whole would fall apart and eventually become weaker as whole. As quoted from Lincoln's letter to Horace Greeley "If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it, and ... ...

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... that Lincoln was not willing to act on slavery at this time because of the potential for another wave of secession and minimal support. This is not the case. In a letter to Joshua Speed in 1855 Lincoln states " I bite my lip and keep quiet that sight was a continual torment to me". From this extract glimpses of Lincoln's abolitionist views can be ... ...

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... limitations, or, as Lincoln was forced to consider, the necessary exercise of constitutional powers. In discussing the problem of habeas corpus suspension, as we have seen, Lincoln referred to the "letter & spirit" of the constitutional clause authorizing irregular arrests under certain conditions. Even though it would be difficult to establish an agreed upon meaning for the "spirit of the Constitution, Lincoln ... ...

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... ". (12) Moreover, blacks were optimistic and their aspirations to be able to have "a more individual form of life" (15) helped them overcome the hardships they had confronted in the past. A letter written by Journon explains blacks" enthusiasm and strong will to gain the respect and dignity they have always wished for: "The great desire of my life now is to give ... ...

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... very important reasons. The fact that so many men spent so much time revising and rewording the document shows that they were careful as to what was said in this letter. We know that making these changes had a great impact on United States history, but what if not making the changes had an even greater one?...

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... the overtly political poem The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point. The delay in publication of The Runaway Slave can be largely attributed to what Barrett Browning herself suggested in her letter to Hugh Boyd, that the poem was "too ferocious" for the Americans to publish. The "ferocity" however that Barrett Browning speaks of is the brutal image of the forbearing impartiality ... ...

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