Abraham Lincoln and constitutional government . that under the circumstances, it might cost him his , as the President of the United States, he overthrew theslave power of the South, liberated the negro, and saved theUnion. He was assassinated by enemies favoring the South, butnot by the leaders of the rebellion. Thus he, too, was sacrificedfor maintaining higher ideas of justice and liberty. Had he not stood forth in defiance of rebellion and slavery,when the Chief Executive of the Nation, the Union might have 152 Abraham Lincoln been destroyed and slavery retained in America for
Abraham Lincoln and constitutional government . that under the circumstances, it might cost him his , as the President of the United States, he overthrew theslave power of the South, liberated the negro, and saved theUnion. He was assassinated by enemies favoring the South, butnot by the leaders of the rebellion. Thus he, too, was sacrificedfor maintaining higher ideas of justice and liberty. Had he not stood forth in defiance of rebellion and slavery,when the Chief Executive of the Nation, the Union might have 152 Abraham Lincoln been destroyed and slavery retained in America for the time be-ing. For detail description of President Lincolns assassination andevents transpiring at the close of his administration see Address by Bancroft, of Lincoln, 1847-65, by Lamon, of Lincoln by Nicolay and Hay, Life of Lincoln, by F. F. of Lincoln, by Arnold, on Lincoln, by Carl Schurz, Years Public Service, by Senator S. M. SS v
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