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, 1866 - 717 pages |
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... chief magistrate murdered be- fore their eyes . The eminent statesman who with such surpassing ability has guided our for- eign relations during the most critical and dangerous period of our history seems , thank God , to have escaped ...
... chief magistrate murdered be- fore their eyes . The eminent statesman who with such surpassing ability has guided our for- eign relations during the most critical and dangerous period of our history seems , thank God , to have escaped ...
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... Chief Magistrate . The government , of the King , my august sovereign , will sympathize sincerely with the American nation . The sentiments of respect and affection which I personally entertain for the honorable Secretary of State and ...
... Chief Magistrate . The government , of the King , my august sovereign , will sympathize sincerely with the American nation . The sentiments of respect and affection which I personally entertain for the honorable Secretary of State and ...
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... chief magistrate . In expressing these sentiments we confirm the unanimous wishes that the deplorable loss may not deprive the American nation of that calmness which is necessary to finish the great work of conciliation and pacification ...
... chief magistrate . In expressing these sentiments we confirm the unanimous wishes that the deplorable loss may not deprive the American nation of that calmness which is necessary to finish the great work of conciliation and pacification ...
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... Chief Magistrate and one of their most illustrious sons . This sad occurrence is a just motive of grief , not only for the country which that eminent citizen governed liberally and wisely , but also for all those nations which , like ...
... Chief Magistrate and one of their most illustrious sons . This sad occurrence is a just motive of grief , not only for the country which that eminent citizen governed liberally and wisely , but also for all those nations which , like ...
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... Chief Magistrate . I have the honor to be , President , with the highest respect , your obedient , humble servant , W. RAASLÖFF . Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward . [ Extract . ] No. 194. ] : LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES , Copenhagen , May 1 ...
... Chief Magistrate . I have the honor to be , President , with the highest respect , your obedient , humble servant , W. RAASLÖFF . Mr. Wood to Mr. Seward . [ Extract . ] No. 194. ] : LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES , Copenhagen , May 1 ...
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Page 84 - 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 84 - 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 83 - 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 406 - ... never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support, and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance, without which I cannot succeed, but with which, success is certain. Again I bid you all an affectionate farewell.
Page 83 - 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 129 - 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. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully.
Page 84 - It was not the mere matter of separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...
Page 406 - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman'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 that " the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 404 - the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church...
Page 399 - 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.