The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln...: And the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the Evening of the 14th of April, 1865. Expressions of Condolence and Sympathy Inspired by These EventsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 - 930 pages |
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... lives of the Secretary of State and his son has also filled me with horror . I thank Heaven the crime was not accom- plished ; and I sincerely desire the speedy and perfect recovery of the intended victims . I will also hasten to inform ...
... lives of the Secretary of State and his son has also filled me with horror . I thank Heaven the crime was not accom- plished ; and I sincerely desire the speedy and perfect recovery of the intended victims . I will also hasten to inform ...
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... this corporation bitter grief . They also participate in the profound sorrow which , in consequence of this sad event , has been • manifested by all those who live beneath the protection of 34 ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... this corporation bitter grief . They also participate in the profound sorrow which , in consequence of this sad event , has been • manifested by all those who live beneath the protection of 34 ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... live beneath the protection of republican institu- tions , and who now lament the loss of LINCOLN , the venerated apostle of American democracy . I have the honor to transcribe the foregoing to your excellency , in compli- ance with the ...
... live beneath the protection of republican institu- tions , and who now lament the loss of LINCOLN , the venerated apostle of American democracy . I have the honor to transcribe the foregoing to your excellency , in compli- ance with the ...
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... live in the heart of humanity so long as the current of the Potomac flows or the Andes endure . This reflection may , perhaps , in some degree mitigate your own grief , and that of your fellow- countrymen . With sentiments of the most ...
... live in the heart of humanity so long as the current of the Potomac flows or the Andes endure . This reflection may , perhaps , in some degree mitigate your own grief , and that of your fellow- countrymen . With sentiments of the most ...
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... lives . My government would wish , in honor of humanity , that this savage act should appear isolated , and solely chargeable to the wretched assassin who attacked the life of the unfortunate President . And it must be so . Whatever ...
... lives . My government would wish , in honor of humanity , that this savage act should appear isolated , and solely chargeable to the wretched assassin who attacked the life of the unfortunate President . And it must be so . Whatever ...
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: A Tribute from the Nations United States. Department of State No preview available - 2009 |
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Page 171 - 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 108 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 517 - I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect and defend it.' I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 170 - 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 offence...
Page 527 - THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 553 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office...
Page 108 - 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 170 - 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 107 - MY FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again.
Page 107 - One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.