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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... Council of Carelmapu .... Inhabitan Mr. Nelson to Mr. Seward . do ...... .do .... Minister of Spain ... Society of Primary Instruction Council of the Artisans ' Society .. Do ..... Do .. Do ..... Union Club Do ..... Do .... Valparaiso ...
... Council of Carelmapu .... Inhabitan Mr. Nelson to Mr. Seward . do ...... .do .... Minister of Spain ... Society of Primary Instruction Council of the Artisans ' Society .. Do ..... Do .. Do ..... Union Club Do ..... Do .... Valparaiso ...
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... Council 187 187 188 188 .do ..... 188 .do .... 188 Cardigan Carnarvon .do .... 189 .do ..... 189 Canterbury . .do ... Council 191 Do ....... Inhabitants ...... 192 Cambridge . Municipal Council 192 Do ..... The Chancellor of the ...
... Council 187 187 188 188 .do ..... 188 .do .... 188 Cardigan Carnarvon .do .... 189 .do ..... 189 Canterbury . .do ... Council 191 Do ....... Inhabitants ...... 192 Cambridge . Municipal Council 192 Do ..... The Chancellor of the ...
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... Council . 204 Do .... ..do .... 205 Do .... Inhabitants .. 205 Do .... Democratic Classes . 206 Do .. Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland ... 207 Do .. Wesleyan Ministers and Stewards 207 Dundee .... Municipal Council .... 208 Do ...
... Council . 204 Do .... ..do .... 205 Do .... Inhabitants .. 205 Do .... Democratic Classes . 206 Do .. Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland ... 207 Do .. Wesleyan Ministers and Stewards 207 Dundee .... Municipal Council .... 208 Do ...
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... Council .... 241 Do .... Commissioners of Supply of the County of Roxburgh . ( See Roxburgh . ) Kilmarnock Municipal Council 242 Kidderminster .do ..... 242 King's Lynn . .do .. 242 Kirkaldy ... .do .. 243 Do Kendal Do ... Do . .do ...
... Council .... 241 Do .... Commissioners of Supply of the County of Roxburgh . ( See Roxburgh . ) Kilmarnock Municipal Council 242 Kidderminster .do ..... 242 King's Lynn . .do .. 242 Kirkaldy ... .do .. 243 Do Kendal Do ... Do . .do ...
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... Council ... Workingmen 260 262 263 263 Do , west . Do. Do Do Do , south ... Workingmen's Christian Institute ... Council 283 284 Do. Inhabitants 284 Do .. Board of Trade 285 Do .... Grand Trunk Railroad Company ... 285 Luton .... Local ...
... Council ... Workingmen 260 262 263 263 Do , west . Do. Do Do Do , south ... Workingmen's Christian Institute ... Council 283 284 Do. Inhabitants 284 Do .. Board of Trade 285 Do .... Grand Trunk Railroad Company ... 285 Luton .... Local ...
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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.