Personal Reminiscences, 1840-1890: Including Some Not Hitherto Published of Lincoln and the WarRichmond, Croscup & Company, 1893 - 434 pages |
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... gave to Dinah Mattis and her infant , slaves captured from the enemy , their deed of emancipation ; and Judge Harrington decided against the title of the slave - master , because he could not show a deed from the original proprietor ...
... gave to Dinah Mattis and her infant , slaves captured from the enemy , their deed of emancipation ; and Judge Harrington decided against the title of the slave - master , because he could not show a deed from the original proprietor ...
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... gave us at a private residence on Capitol Hill restored har- We had reached cigars at the dinner on the 3d of July , when , as if the idea had just struck him , the Prince exclaimed : " Let us adjourn this de- bate and go to the theatre ...
... gave us at a private residence on Capitol Hill restored har- We had reached cigars at the dinner on the 3d of July , when , as if the idea had just struck him , the Prince exclaimed : " Let us adjourn this de- bate and go to the theatre ...
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... gave their name to the country home of the venerable ex- President . We would have called them in Vermont rather inferior bass - woods . But with the hearty welcome which shone from the sunny face of the active , sprightly man who met ...
... gave their name to the country home of the venerable ex- President . We would have called them in Vermont rather inferior bass - woods . But with the hearty welcome which shone from the sunny face of the active , sprightly man who met ...
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... gave the reasons on one side , and Mr. Tilden on the other . There was a very mischievous twinkle in the eyes of the ex - Pres- ident as he said : " I am delighted with your success , Mr. Tilden . I was not aware before that the Barn ...
... gave the reasons on one side , and Mr. Tilden on the other . There was a very mischievous twinkle in the eyes of the ex - Pres- ident as he said : " I am delighted with your success , Mr. Tilden . I was not aware before that the Barn ...
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... gave me the following account of one of Judge Keyes ' sentences which he had received from Hon . Charles Marsh , his father . A disconsolate - looking tramp was convicted before Judge Keyes of the larceny of the boots of United States ...
... gave me the following account of one of Judge Keyes ' sentences which he had received from Hon . Charles Marsh , his father . A disconsolate - looking tramp was convicted before Judge Keyes of the larceny of the boots of United States ...
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Page 414 - Do not misunderstand me because I have mentioned these objections. They indicate the difficulties that have thus far prevented my action in some such way as you desire. I have not decided against a proclamation of liberty to the slaves, but hold the matter under advisement. And I can assure you that the subject is on my mind by day and night, more than any other. Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do.
Page 414 - The importance for man and beast of the prescribed weekly rest, the sacred rights of Christian soldiers and sailors, a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a Christian people, and a due regard for the divine will demand that Sunday labor in the army and navy be reduced to the measure of strict necessity.
Page 77 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first : and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
Page 220 - And surely I'll be mine; And we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne.
Page 389 - May my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if ever I prove false to those teachings.
Page 415 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 413 - ... machinery of the States and the Union, has produced in a given time, and also what, if firmly maintained, it promises for the future. There are already among us those who, if the Union be preserved, will live to see it contain two hundred and fifty millions. The struggle of to-day is not altogether for to-day — it is for a vast future also.
Page 413 - If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty.
Page 399 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery—subordination to the superior race —is his natural and normal condition.
Page 418 - I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.