The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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... affection . Some industrious genealogist , tracing out the Lincoln family in America , will hereafter tell us of the original ancestor of the President in this country . He was , from all that family tradition preserves , one of the ...
... affection . Some industrious genealogist , tracing out the Lincoln family in America , will hereafter tell us of the original ancestor of the President in this country . He was , from all that family tradition preserves , one of the ...
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... affectionate farewell . " On the 13th , he reached Columbus , where he was formally welcomed in the Hall of the Assembly , at the State Capitol , by Lieutenant Governor Kirk , on behalf of the Legislature . At this imposing reception he ...
... affectionate farewell . " On the 13th , he reached Columbus , where he was formally welcomed in the Hall of the Assembly , at the State Capitol , by Lieutenant Governor Kirk , on behalf of the Legislature . At this imposing reception he ...
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... affections . " That there are persons , in one section or another , who seek to destroy the Union at all events , and are glad of any pretext to do it , I will neither affirm nor deny . But if there be such , I need ad- dress no word to ...
... affections . " That there are persons , in one section or another , who seek to destroy the Union at all events , and are glad of any pretext to do it , I will neither affirm nor deny . But if there be such , I need ad- dress no word to ...
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... affection . " The mystic cords of memory , stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land , will yet swell the chorus of the Union , when again touched , as surely they ...
... affection . " The mystic cords of memory , stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land , will yet swell the chorus of the Union , when again touched , as surely they ...
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... affections , and make his a dear and canonized name . His dreadful act is an awful com- mentary on the consequences of party passions when they are fanned into such rage that they strip the most odious crimes of their horror and clothe ...
... affections , and make his a dear and canonized name . His dreadful act is an awful com- mentary on the consequences of party passions when they are fanned into such rage that they strip the most odious crimes of their horror and clothe ...
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Page 44 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 31 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 101 - 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 33 - They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends?
Page 44 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 32 - Unanimity is impossible. The rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible. So that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.
Page 46 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress, passed during the existing rebellion, with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 41 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 45 - States, do proclaim, declare, and make known to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion...
Page 137 - Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to "Whom be glory for ever and ever, amen