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... officers of the United States . Jan. 27 Report of Colonel de Channal to the French government on the military situation of the 204 205 205 205 207 United States . 12 do ....... Jan. 27 Opening of the French Chambers . Insur- gent scheme ...
... officers of the United States . Jan. 27 Report of Colonel de Channal to the French government on the military situation of the 204 205 205 205 207 United States . 12 do ....... Jan. 27 Opening of the French Chambers . Insur- gent scheme ...
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... officers of the Confederate States . I have at the same time to acquaint you that her Majesty's government took immediate steps , on the arrival in England of the men referred to in Mr. Consul Grathan's despatch , who had formed part of ...
... officers of the Confederate States . I have at the same time to acquaint you that her Majesty's government took immediate steps , on the arrival in England of the men referred to in Mr. Consul Grathan's despatch , who had formed part of ...
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... officers of the city has intimated to me that he holds the same opinion , and has informed me that another vessel is expected to join the two already here , from the upper province , with a description of which I will endeavor to ...
... officers of the city has intimated to me that he holds the same opinion , and has informed me that another vessel is expected to join the two already here , from the upper province , with a description of which I will endeavor to ...
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... officers and men of the allied forces , and he attributes , in great measure , to that good feeling the speedy and entire success with which the operations of the combined squadron were crowned . It is with feelings of great pleasure ...
... officers and men of the allied forces , and he attributes , in great measure , to that good feeling the speedy and entire success with which the operations of the combined squadron were crowned . It is with feelings of great pleasure ...
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... officers of the Crown , with a view to take the most effectual measures to prevent incursions from the bordering British provinces into the territory of the United States . In the mean time I have to observe that in the early part of ...
... officers of the Crown , with a view to take the most effectual measures to prevent incursions from the bordering British provinces into the territory of the United States . In the mean time I have to observe that in the early part of ...
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acknowledge the receipt Acting Secretary addressed American ANSON BURLINGAME April April 18 assurance authorities belligerent Benavides British Burlingame Canada Captain charge Chargé d'Affaires Chili claim commander communication confederate consul Corunna crew December declaration DEPARTMENT despatch Drouyn de Lhuys Emperor enclose a copy Enclosure ERNEST PICARD excellency February Ferrol flag foreign affairs France FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE French governor high consideration highest consideration honor to acknowledge honor to transmit HORATIO humble servant HUME BURNLEY Hunter to Sir imperial instant instructions insurgents JOHN BIGELOW June LEGATION letter Madrid Majesty Majesty's government March ment Mexico Nassau nations neutral obedient servant officers Paris Perry piratical port President Lincoln Prince Kung question received reference reply request respect Seward ship Sir F SIR FREDERICK W. A. Spain steamer Stirrups cay Stonewall Tassara telegram telegraph tion Translation treaty ultimo undersigned United States consul vessel Washington WILLIAM H
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Page 319 - ... 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 offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge...
Page 295 - 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 124 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 294 - 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 280 - Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save ; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear : but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Page 319 - 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. The Almighty has His own purposes. ' ' Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.
Page 294 - 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 319 - 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 295 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 319 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph and a result less fundamental and astounding.