Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.

Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy.

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]...I invoke...the gracious favor of Almighty God.

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.