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... forward by the next steamer . Also a letter of a similar character from the Marquis d'Abrantes , late minister of foreign affairs , whose friendship for our country and personal feelings towards myself are known to the department The ...
... forward by the next steamer . Also a letter of a similar character from the Marquis d'Abrantes , late minister of foreign affairs , whose friendship for our country and personal feelings towards myself are known to the department The ...
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... forward future generations will be unable to peruse with- out an abundant tribute of tears the page of mourning which closes the period of blood through which the greatest and most powerful nation governed by dem- ocratic principles has ...
... forward future generations will be unable to peruse with- out an abundant tribute of tears the page of mourning which closes the period of blood through which the greatest and most powerful nation governed by dem- ocratic principles has ...
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... forward to you this testimony of their sympathy for the memory of Brother Lincoln . Receive the momage of my high consideration . The Venerable COUTHERAT , Notary at Lure . The MINISTER OF THE UNITED STATES . [ Translation . ] L'ESCOLE ...
... forward to you this testimony of their sympathy for the memory of Brother Lincoln . Receive the momage of my high consideration . The Venerable COUTHERAT , Notary at Lure . The MINISTER OF THE UNITED STATES . [ Translation . ] L'ESCOLE ...
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... forward , precisely because they know that they will not recede . At length , after four years ' exertions , victory crowned his policy ; his fellow- citizens , full of confidence in him , conferred upon him a second time the power of ...
... forward , precisely because they know that they will not recede . At length , after four years ' exertions , victory crowned his policy ; his fellow- citizens , full of confidence in him , conferred upon him a second time the power of ...
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... forward by those who prepared and proclaimed the sep- aration of the southern States . The pretext alleged by the secessionists was the design they attributed to the republican party , now in power , to impose upon the southern States ...
... forward by those who prepared and proclaimed the sep- aration of the southern States . The pretext alleged by the secessionists was the design they attributed to the republican party , now in power , to impose upon the southern States ...
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Page 123 - 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 388 - 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. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON.
Page 399 - THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 83 - 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 406 - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman'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 that " the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 409 - As one who knows, where there's a task to do, Man's honest will must Heaven's good grace command ; Who trusts the strength will with the burden grow. That God makes instruments to work His will, If but that will we can arrive to know, Nor tamper with the weights of good and ill, So he went forth to...
Page 83 - One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.
Page 715 - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the late...
Page 408 - 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 382 - Nor am I able to appreciate the danger apprehended by the meeting, that the American people will by means of military arrests during the rebellion lose the right of public discussion, the liberty of speech and the press, the law of evidence, trial by jury, and habeas corpus throughout the indefinite peaceful future which I trust lies before them, any more than I am able to believe that a man could contract so strong an appetite for emetics during temporary illness as to persist in feeding upon them...