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Page vii
... peace , into which he might not pass over . Who shall recount our martyr's sufferings for this people ? Since the November of 1860 , his horizon has been black with storms . By day and by night , he trod a way of danger and darkness ...
... peace , into which he might not pass over . Who shall recount our martyr's sufferings for this people ? Since the November of 1860 , his horizon has been black with storms . By day and by night , he trod a way of danger and darkness ...
Page viii
... Peace could bring to no other heart such joy , such rest , such honor , such trust , such grati- tude . But he looked upon it as Moses looked upon the promised land . Then the wail of a nation proclaimed that he had gone from among us ...
... Peace could bring to no other heart such joy , such rest , such honor , such trust , such grati- tude . But he looked upon it as Moses looked upon the promised land . Then the wail of a nation proclaimed that he had gone from among us ...
Page ix
... only think thanks- giving and weep gladness . That peace was sure ; that government was firmer than ever ; that the land was cleansed of plague ; that the ages were opening to our footsteps , and we were The Loss of Lincoln ix.
... only think thanks- giving and weep gladness . That peace was sure ; that government was firmer than ever ; that the land was cleansed of plague ; that the ages were opening to our footsteps , and we were The Loss of Lincoln ix.
Page xxiii
... peace ! Your bells , and bands , and muffled drums , sound triumph in his ear . Wail and weep here ; God makes it echo joy and triumph there . Pass on ! Four years ago , oh , Illinois , we took from your midst an untried man , and from ...
... peace ! Your bells , and bands , and muffled drums , sound triumph in his ear . Wail and weep here ; God makes it echo joy and triumph there . Pass on ! Four years ago , oh , Illinois , we took from your midst an untried man , and from ...
Page xxvii
... mercy were upon his lips , Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen , When this vile murderer brought swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on earth , goodwill to men . The Old World and the New , from sea to Abraham Lincoln xxvii.
... mercy were upon his lips , Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen , When this vile murderer brought swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on earth , goodwill to men . The Old World and the New , from sea to Abraham Lincoln xxvii.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN April army August B. F. BUTLER EXECUTIVE Baltimore Blair Burbridge BUTLER EXECUTIVE MANSION City Point Colonel command Constitution convention dear Sir December DEPARTMENT despatch E. R. S. CANBY election enemy February February 29 force Fort Monroe Fort Powell give Governor Johnson GRANT EXECUTIVE MANSION hereby honor HORACE GREELEY House of Representatives INDORSEMENT January July June labor LETTER TO SECRETARY LEW WALLACE liberty Lieutenant-General Grant loyal Major-General Butler March March 12 ment military Monroe Nashville naval November October officers peace persons ports present President proclamation rebel rebellion received retary Rosecrans Secretary of War SECRETARY STANTON EXECUTIVE Senate September SEWARD Sherman slavery soldiers STANTON EXECUTIVE MANSION TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR Tenn thanks thereof tion to-day Treasury truly U. S. GRANT EXECUTIVE Union United vote W. S. ROSECRANS W. T. SHERMAN WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON wish yesterday
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Page 52 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page v - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Page 144 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 194 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page xxv - You lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier! You, who with mocking pencil wont to trace. Broad for the self-complacent British sneer, His length of shambling limb, his furrowed face, His gaunt, gnarled hands, his unkempt, bristling hair, His garb uncouth, his bearing ill at ease, His lack of all we prize as debonair, Of power or will to shine, of art to please...
Page 272 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 204 - This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards.
Page xxviii - The Old World and the New, from sea to sea, Utter one voice of sympathy and shame : Sore heart, so stopped when it at last beat high ! Sad life, cut short just as its triumph came...
Page 275 - Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and...
Page 279 - On Thursday, of last week, two ladies from Tennessee, came before the President, asking the release of their husbands, held as prisoners of war at Johnson's Island. They were put off until Friday, when they came again, and were again put off until Saturday. At each of the interviews, one of the ladies urged that her husband was a religious man. On Saturday, when the President ordered the release of the prisoners...