The Colorado statesman., 1922-02-11

many good men among ourselves into open war
with the very fundamental principles of civil I'D
erty, criticising the Declaration Of Independence
and insisting that there is no right principle OF
action but selfnterest. (Speech at Ottawa, ILL.,
Aug. 81 1851
What constitutes the bulwark Of our own lid
erty and independence? 1t is not our frownlng
battlements, bristling seacoasts the guns OF
our war steamers or the strength of our gallant
and disciplined army. These are not our reliance
against resumption of tyranny in our fair lana.
Our reliance Is in the love of liberty when
God has planted in our bosoms Our defense Is
in the preservation of the spirit which prizes lid
erty as the heritage of all men in all lands every
where. Destroy this spirit and you have planted
the seeds of despotism around our own doors.
(Speech at Chicago Ill. Sept. H. 1851
All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa COM
bined with all the treasure of the earth (our own
excepted in their military chest, with Bonaparte
for a commander could not By force take drink
from the Ohio or make track on the Blue hlage
in a trial of thousand years. AT what point,
then is the approach of danger to be expected!
1 answer, if it ever reaches us 1t must spring up
among US; it cannot come from abroad. II destruc-
ton be our lot we must ourselves be Its author
and fnisher. AS nation of freedmen we must
live through all time die by suicide. (Speech
at Springfield. ILL.,, Jan. 27, 1870
No man is good enough to govern another man
without that others consent. Those VINO
deny freedom to others deserve it not for them
selves and under just God cannot long retain
It, (Speech at Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. 1, 1S54o
Allow all the governed equal voice in the
government; that and that only 10 self-govern-
ment Finally 1 insist that if there is
ANYTHING that 1t is the duty of the whole people
to never ntrust to hands other than their own
that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of
their own liberties and institutions. (Speech at
Peoria ILL.,, Oct 16, 1S540
The strongest bond of human sympathy outside
the family relation should be one uniting all work
pnI1 r,ntto tnntr md fphr ndG
(Reply to committee of Workingmen's association
of New York Mar. 81, 1S64.)
We will hereafter speak for freedom and against
slavery as long the Constitution guarantees
free speech; until everywhere on this wide land
the sun shall shine. and the rain shall fall, and
the wind shall blow upon no man who goes forth
to unreauited toll. 1S56, History of Abraham
Lincoln=Arnold. p. 97)
go for all sharing the privilege of the govern
ment who assist in bearing its burdens, {.
by no means excluding females. announcement
of political views June 13, 1860
l am opposed to the limitation or lessenng of
the right of suffrage. If anything am in favor
of Its extension or enlargement. l want to lift
men up-to broaden rather than contract their
privileges. (Interyiew, Springfield n.-Herndon,
p. 625.)
But In a larger sense cannot dedicate, I'VE
cannot consecrate, cannot hallow, this ground.
The brave men, living and dead who struggled
here have consecrated it far above poor power
to add or detract. The world will little note, nor
long remember what say here, but it never
forget what they did here. 1t is for the living
rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work
which they who fought here have thus far so nobly
advanced 1t is rather for us to be here dedicated
to the great task remaining before us; that from
these honored dead we take increased devotion |;
that we here highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died In vain; that this nation, under
God shall have birth of freedom; and that
government of the people, by the people, for the
npoDle shall perish the earth. (Getty1-
burg Address. November 49, 1881