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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... yourself , and that I offer the most sincere wishes for the complete restoration of that health so precious in so many respects .六 Begging you , Mr. Secretary of State , to return EXPRESSIONS OF CONDOLENCE AND SYMPATHY . 3.
... yourself , and that I offer the most sincere wishes for the complete restoration of that health so precious in so many respects .六 Begging you , Mr. Secretary of State , to return EXPRESSIONS OF CONDOLENCE AND SYMPATHY . 3.
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... offer , how happy we are to hear of the progress of his cure , and accept the assurance of my distinguished consideration . BARON DE WYDENBRUCK , Washington . MENSDORFF . : [ Translation . ] IMPERIAL LEGATION OF AUSTRIA , Washington ...
... offer , how happy we are to hear of the progress of his cure , and accept the assurance of my distinguished consideration . BARON DE WYDENBRUCK , Washington . MENSDORFF . : [ Translation . ] IMPERIAL LEGATION OF AUSTRIA , Washington ...
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... offer at the same time our best hopes and wishes for his speedy recovery . ROBERT C. KIRK , Chairman . GARDNER B. PERRY , Secretary BELGIUM . [ Translation . ] : BRUSSELS , April 29 , 1865 . MY DEAR MINISTER : While I transmit to ...
... offer at the same time our best hopes and wishes for his speedy recovery . ROBERT C. KIRK , Chairman . GARDNER B. PERRY , Secretary BELGIUM . [ Translation . ] : BRUSSELS , April 29 , 1865 . MY DEAR MINISTER : While I transmit to ...
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... offer their condolence and to express their horror at this crowning atrocity of the rebellion . M. Rogier informed me he had sent a despatch to the Belgian chargé d'affaires at Washington , to offer directly to the government 20 ...
... offer their condolence and to express their horror at this crowning atrocity of the rebellion . M. Rogier informed me he had sent a despatch to the Belgian chargé d'affaires at Washington , to offer directly to the government 20 ...
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... offer directly to the government the expression of their sympathy at the sad event . Immediately on receipt of Mr. Adams's telegram , I addressed a circular to our consuls . The shock caused by this news is too great to permit me to ...
... offer directly to the government the expression of their sympathy at the sad event . Immediately on receipt of Mr. Adams's telegram , I addressed a circular to our consuls . The shock caused by this news is too great to permit me to ...
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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.