We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression cannot be restrained. Washington in Lincoln's Time - Page 235by Noah Brooks - 1895 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
| Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...last public address, which was largely given over to a discussion of this question. In part he said: We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in gladness...peace, whose joyous expression cannot be restrained. . . . By these recent successes ths reinau;uration of the national authority — reconstruction—... | |
| Stella S. Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1865 - 636 pages
...reconstruction, and will forever stand as a monument of the goodness of his heart. The President said : "We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in gladness...the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hopes of a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expressions cannot be restrained. In the midst... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...country. ME. LINCOLN'S LAST SPEECH. We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in gladness of 'Aeart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the...righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression can not be restrained. In the midst of this, however, He from whom all blessings flow must not be forgotten.... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...not in sorrow, but in gladnew of heart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the earrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous...cannot be restrained. In the midst of this, however, lie from whom all blessings flow mast not be forgotten. A call for a national thanksgiving is being... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...country. MR. LINCOLN'S LAST SPEECH. We meet this evening not in sorrow, hut in gladness of 'Acart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the...righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression can not be restrained. In the midst of this, however, He from whom all blessings flow must not be forgotten.... | |
| George Washington Bacon - Biography - 1865 - 206 pages
...delivered at •Washington on the evening of the llth of April, 1865, by President Lincoln : — " We meet this evening not in sorrow but in gladness...heart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and surrender of the principal insurgent army, gives hopes of a righteous peace, whose joyous expression... | |
| David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...speech, in substance as follows: MB. LINCOLN'S LAST SPEECH. " We meet this evening not in sorrow, bnt in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Petersburg...the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hopes of a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression cannot be restrained. In the midst of... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...difficulty of the task ; but he pointed out the simplest and directest means of its accomplishment : We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Petersburgh and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hopes of a righteous... | |
| American periodicals - 1867 - 894 pages
...Petersburg, of Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hopes of a righteous and a speedy peace, whose joyous expression cannot be restrained....from whom all blessings flow must not be forgotten. Д call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and will be duly promulgated. Nor must those... | |
| Emily Hazen Reed - New Orleans (La.) - 1868 - 376 pages
...evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, gives hopes of righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression...restrained. In the midst of this, however, He from whom all bounties flow must not be forgotten. "A call for a National Thanksgiving is being prepared and will... | |
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