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... Stonewall . Belligerent rights extended to insurgent vessels . 161 Mr. Hunter to Sir May 25 Alleged schemes in Brooklyn , New York , to 161 F. Bruce . annex Canada and Mexico to the United States . Do ....... May 26 Case of the ...
... Stonewall . Belligerent rights extended to insurgent vessels . 161 Mr. Hunter to Sir May 25 Alleged schemes in Brooklyn , New York , to 161 F. Bruce . annex Canada and Mexico to the United States . Do ....... May 26 Case of the ...
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... Stonewall , alias the Olinde . 269 Seward . Her armament and equipment in a French port . 14 .do ....... Jan. 31 The same subject 211 16 do .... Feb. 3 The same subject ..... 212 17 .do .... Feb. 3 The same subject .. 213 19 .do ...
... Stonewall , alias the Olinde . 269 Seward . Her armament and equipment in a French port . 14 .do ....... Jan. 31 The same subject 211 16 do .... Feb. 3 The same subject ..... 212 17 .do .... Feb. 3 The same subject .. 213 19 .do ...
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... Stonewall .. 80 81 ..do .. .do .. Mar. 23 The same subject ... ..... Mar. 23 Tributes of respect to the memory of Edward 249 249 249 Everett from the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France . 35 81 96 .do ... ..do .. Mar. 27 ...
... Stonewall .. 80 81 ..do .. .do .. Mar. 23 The same subject ... ..... Mar. 23 Tributes of respect to the memory of Edward 249 249 249 Everett from the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France . 35 81 96 .do ... ..do .. Mar. 27 ...
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... Stonewall 252 105 Mr. Seward to Mr. April 5 Bigelow . Paris Universal Exposition for 1867 ............ .. 255 68 Mr. Bigelow to Mr. April 7 Seward . Peace negotiations alleged to be in progress in Canada . 256 108 Mr. Seward to Mr ...
... Stonewall 252 105 Mr. Seward to Mr. April 5 Bigelow . Paris Universal Exposition for 1867 ............ .. 255 68 Mr. Bigelow to Mr. April 7 Seward . Peace negotiations alleged to be in progress in Canada . 256 108 Mr. Seward to Mr ...
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... Stonewall 295 Bigelow . 155 ..... do ..... May 22 Assassination of President Lincoln .... 295 97 Mr. Bigelow to Mr. May 23 The same subject ......... . 296 Seward . 93 .do .... May 23 Renewal of restrictions upon United States vessels ...
... Stonewall 295 Bigelow . 155 ..... do ..... May 22 Assassination of President Lincoln .... 295 97 Mr. Bigelow to Mr. May 23 The same subject ......... . 296 Seward . 93 .do .... May 23 Renewal of restrictions upon United States vessels ...
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acknowledge the receipt Acting Secretary addressed alleged American ANSON BURLINGAME April April 18 assurance authorities belligerent Benavides British Burlingame Canada Captain Chargé d'Affaires Chili claim commander communication confederate consul consular Corunna crew December declaration DEPARTMENT despatch Drouyn de Lhuys Emperor enclose a copy Enclosure ERNEST PICARD excellency February Ferrol flag foreign affairs France FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE French governor high consideration highest consideration honor to acknowledge HORATIO humble servant HUME BURNLEY Hunter to Sir imperial instant instructions insurgents JOHN BIGELOW June LEGATION letter Lieutenant Madrid Majesty Majesty's government March ment Mexico Nassau nations neutral obedient servant officers Paris Perry piratical port President Lincoln Prince Kung question received reference reply request respect Seward ship Sir F SIR FREDERICK W. A. Spain steamer Stirrups cay Stonewall sympathy Tassara telegram telegraph tion Translation treaty ultimo undersigned United States consul vessel Washington WILLIAM H
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Page 319 - ... If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge...
Page 295 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 124 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 294 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 280 - Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save ; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear : but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Page 319 - It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. ' ' Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.
Page 294 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Page 319 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's. assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 295 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 319 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph and a result less fundamental and astounding.