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... meeting assembled , have heard with profound grief of the brutal and cowardly assassination of Mr. Abraham Lincoln ... meeting beg to offer their tribute of reverence for the memory of a great ruler , whose ripened experience and ...
... meeting assembled , have heard with profound grief of the brutal and cowardly assassination of Mr. Abraham Lincoln ... meeting beg to offer their tribute of reverence for the memory of a great ruler , whose ripened experience and ...
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... meeting held in Bolton , on 27th April , 1865 . Moved by Alderman Furguson , seconded by Mr. Rigby , and carried unani- mously- That this meeting do hereby express their strongest feelings of abhorrence and grief at the atrocious ...
... meeting held in Bolton , on 27th April , 1865 . Moved by Alderman Furguson , seconded by Mr. Rigby , and carried unani- mously- That this meeting do hereby express their strongest feelings of abhorrence and grief at the atrocious ...
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... meeting , on the 3d day of May , 1865 . [ SEAL ] Sealed in open council this 3d day of May , 1865 . At a meeting of the town council of the borough of Burnley , held at the council - room , Burnley , on the 3d day of May , 1865 - the ...
... meeting , on the 3d day of May , 1865 . [ SEAL ] Sealed in open council this 3d day of May , 1865 . At a meeting of the town council of the borough of Burnley , held at the council - room , Burnley , on the 3d day of May , 1865 - the ...
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... meeting of the citizens of Bristol , over which I presided , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted ; and the duty having devolved upon me of forward- ing them to your excellency , I take leave to express my heartfelt ...
... meeting of the citizens of Bristol , over which I presided , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted ; and the duty having devolved upon me of forward- ing them to your excellency , I take leave to express my heartfelt ...
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... meeting of the members of the Bristol Workingmen's Club and Institute and others , held last evening in the hall of the club premises , to propose a resolution of condolence with Mrs. Lincoln and the American people upon the great loss ...
... meeting of the members of the Bristol Workingmen's Club and Institute and others , held last evening in the hall of the club premises , to propose a resolution of condolence with Mrs. Lincoln and the American people upon the great loss ...
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Page 129 - 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 fellowcountrymen, 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 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.
Page 388 - 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. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON.
Page 83 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He 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 whi.ch sustained him, and...
Page 84 - 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 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 418 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking- off...
Page 83 - 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.
Page 320 - Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish.