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Title: Complete works of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901, ed Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint ed Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909 Fish, Daniel, 1848-1924
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: New York : F.D. Tandy Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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e i/fith Ohio: I am mosthappy to meet you on this occasion. Iunderstand that it has been your honorableprivilege to stand, for a brief period, in the de-fense of your country, and that now you are onyour way to your homes. I congratulate you,and those who are waiting to bid you welcomehome from the war; and permit me in the nameof the people to thank you for the part you havetaken in this struggle for the life of the nation.You are soldiers of the republic, everywherehonored and respected. Whenever I appear be-fore a body of soldiers I feel tempted to talk tothem of the nature of the struggle in which we areengaged. I look upon it as an attempt on theone hand to overwhelm and destroy the nationalexistence, while on our part we are striving tomaintain the government and institutions of ourfathers, to enjoy them ourselves, and transmitthem to our children and our childrens childrenforever.To do this the constitutional administration Caleb B. SmithUood Engraving after Photograph by Brady
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1864) Address to 148th Ohio 209 of our government must be sustained, and I begof you not to allow your minds or your hearts tobe diverted from the support of all necessarymeasures for that purpose, by any miserablepicayune arguments addressed to your pockets,or inflammatory appeals made to your passionsand your prejudices. It is vain and foolish to arraign this man orthat for the part he has taken or has not taken,and to hold the government responsible for hisacts. In no administration can there be perfectequality of action and uniform satisfaction ren-dered by all. But this government must be preserved inspite of the acts of any man or set of men. It isworthy of your every effort. Nowhere in theworld is presented a government of so muchliberty and equality. To the humblest andpoorest amongst us are held out the highestprivileges and positions. The present momentfinds me at the White House, yet there is asgood a chance for your children as there was formy fathers. Again I admonish you

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