The Raymer enterprise., 1922-02-09

many good men among ourselves Into an open war
with the very fundamental principles Of civil lib
erty, crtlclsIng the Declaration Of Independence
and insisting that there Is no right principle OF
action but selfinterest (Speech at Ottawa, ILL.,.
Aug. 81 1851
What constitutes the bulwark Of our own lib
erty and independencel 1t Is not our frowning
battlements, our 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 land.
. . Our reliance is In the love Of liberty which
God has planted In our bosoms Our defense Is
In the preservation Of the spirit which prizes lib
erty as the heritage OF all In all lands every.
where. Destroy this spirit and you have planted
the seeds Of despotism around our own doors.
(Speech ut Chicago. ILL.,. Sept. II. 1851
All the armies OF Europe Asia. and Africa com.
bined, with all the treasure Of the earth tour own
excepted In their military chest, with Bonaparte
for commander could not by force take drink
from the Ohio or make track on the Blue Ridge
In II trial Of a thousand years. At what point.
then, Is the approach Of danger to ae expected
| answer, IL 1t ever reaches us II must spring up
among us; 1t cannot come from abroad II destruc-
tion be our lot must ourselves be Its author
and ilnlsher. As nation of freedmen We must
live through all time or die by suicide (Speech
at Springfield ILL.,. Jan. q, ls3iJ
No man is good enough to govern another man
without that others consent. Those who
deny freedom to others deserve It not for them.
selves and under just God cannot long retain
1t. (speech at Springfield, Ill., Oct. l, 1s54)
Allow all the governed equal voice In the
government that and that only Is sef-govern-
ment Finally. l insist that II there Is
anything that 1t Is the duty OF the whole people
TO never intrust to hands other than their own
that thing Is the preservation and perpetulty Of
their own liberties and institutions. (Speech at
Peoria, H., Oct. IL. 1s5i)
The strongest bond Of human sympathy outside
the family relation should be one uniting all work
ing people Of all nations tongues and klndreds.
(Reply to committee Of Workingmen's association
Of New York, Mar. 81. ls64)
We Will hereafter speak for freedom and against
slavery as long us 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 unrequhed toll. uS56, History Of Abraham
Lincoln.-Arnold. p. 97)
! 90 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 1SS6)
am opposed to the limitation or lessening Of
the right of suffrage. II anything am In favor
of Its extension or enlargement. l want to lift
men up-.to broaden rather than contract their
privileges. Interview. Springfield, Ill.-Herndon,
p. 625)
But In larger sense we cannot dedicate, we
cannot consecrate. we cannot hallow, this ground.
The brave men. living and dead, who struggled
here, have consecrated 1t far above our poor power
to add or detract. The world will little note, nor
long remember what We say here but 1t can never
forget what they did here 1t Is for u.s. the living
rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work
which they who fought here have thus far so nobly
advanced II 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 new birth Of freedom and that
government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shnll not perish from the earth. (Gettys.
burg Address, November 19 1861