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... legation . I have the honor to be , with the highest consideration , sir ,. . your obedient servant , J. HUME BURNLEY , Esq . , & c . , & c . , & c . WILLIAM H. SEWARD . No. 9. ] [ Communicated by the British Legation . DIPLOMATIC ...
... legation . I have the honor to be , with the highest consideration , sir ,. . your obedient servant , J. HUME BURNLEY , Esq . , & c . , & c . , & c . WILLIAM H. SEWARD . No. 9. ] [ Communicated by the British Legation . DIPLOMATIC ...
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... Legation . ] Earl Russell to Lord Lyons . FOREIGN OFFICE , December 7 , 1864 . MY LORD : The crime of trading in human beings has been for many years branded by . the reprobation of all civilized nations . Still the atrocious traffic ...
... Legation . ] Earl Russell to Lord Lyons . FOREIGN OFFICE , December 7 , 1864 . MY LORD : The crime of trading in human beings has been for many years branded by . the reprobation of all civilized nations . Still the atrocious traffic ...
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... legation would also be glad to be informed what his present address is , with a view of forwarding to him a letter . BRITISH LEGATION , March 16 , 1865 . Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward . WASHINGTON , March 16 , 1865 . SIR : The President's ...
... legation would also be glad to be informed what his present address is , with a view of forwarding to him a letter . BRITISH LEGATION , March 16 , 1865 . Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward . WASHINGTON , March 16 , 1865 . SIR : The President's ...
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... LEGATION OF the United STATES , Paris , November 21 , 1864 . SIR : I herewith enclose you the copy of a memorandum , received by me from a gentleman in Paris , showing that the confederates have recently given a very large order to the ...
... LEGATION OF the United STATES , Paris , November 21 , 1864 . SIR : I herewith enclose you the copy of a memorandum , received by me from a gentleman in Paris , showing that the confederates have recently given a very large order to the ...
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... LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES , Paris , December 7 , 1864 . SIR : In my despatch , No. 1 , of Friday , December 2 , I hurriedly communi- cated the melancholy fact of the sudden death of the Hon . Mr. Dayton . He was apparently quite ...
... LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES , Paris , December 7 , 1864 . SIR : In my despatch , No. 1 , of Friday , December 2 , I hurriedly communi- cated the melancholy fact of the sudden death of the Hon . Mr. Dayton . He was apparently quite ...
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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 mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men.
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 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 294 - 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 294 - ... 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 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 59 - With reference to the note which you did me the honor to address to me on the...
Page 566 - The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of Mr.
Page 391 - I avail myself of the occasion to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. (Signed) VON JAGOW.
Page 62 - Offender shall be found, to examine upon Oath any Person or Persons touching the Truth of such Charge, and upon such Evidence as according to the Laws of that Part of Her Majesty's Dominions would justify the Apprehension and Committal for Trial of the Person so accused if the Crime of which he or she shall...