...his own insistence, Mr. Lincoln concluded with the following weighty words : — " Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this congress and...administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. . . . The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honour or dishonour, to the latest...

...plead for emancipation, how earnest and outspoken were his words ! In his Annual Message he said, " We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and...Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. . . . We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save...

...annals of our country and the history of the world. ' The fiery trials through which we are passing will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.' If we cannot ' escape history,' let us make our record right, and display that patriotism, wisdom and...

...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration...down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. * * In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike to what we give...

...anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and...honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The...

...language of our patriotic Chief Magistrate, that " We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and of this administration will be remembered in spite of...down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free ; honorable alike in what we give and...

...annals of our country and the history of the world. ' The fiery trials through which we are passing will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.' If we cannot ' escape history,' let us make our record right, and display that patriotism, wisdom,...

...anew. We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration,...honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The...

...anew. We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration,...honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The...

...new, we must think and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. We cannot escape history. We, of this Congress, and...down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud,...