The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: And the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the Evening of the 14th of April, 1865. Expressions of Condolence and Sympathy Inspired by These EventsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1866 - 717 pages |
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... crime , be- coming the chief of a great , free , and magnanimous nation in the hour of its victory - when the assassin took his life . And the country itself , conscious of its strength , seemed fully to respond to these sentiments of ...
... crime , be- coming the chief of a great , free , and magnanimous nation in the hour of its victory - when the assassin took his life . And the country itself , conscious of its strength , seemed fully to respond to these sentiments of ...
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... crime , so horrid that no terms are strong enough to condemn it ; all I can say is , that the parliament of a free nation like Belgium would fail in its duties of international confraternity , if it did not express its feelings of ...
... crime , so horrid that no terms are strong enough to condemn it ; all I can say is , that the parliament of a free nation like Belgium would fail in its duties of international confraternity , if it did not express its feelings of ...
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... crime , we do a good deed ; by our participation in the sentiment of universal indig- nation , we help to arrest the contagion of an abominable example that might attack other nations . By outlawing monsters guilty of such crimes , we ...
... crime , we do a good deed ; by our participation in the sentiment of universal indig- nation , we help to arrest the contagion of an abominable example that might attack other nations . By outlawing monsters guilty of such crimes , we ...
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... crime perpetrated in Washington against the most worthy President of your excellency's nation , Abraham Lincoln , and fis minister , William H. Seward . As an evidence of the sincere sorrow which will be felt by my august sove- reign ...
... crime perpetrated in Washington against the most worthy President of your excellency's nation , Abraham Lincoln , and fis minister , William H. Seward . As an evidence of the sincere sorrow which will be felt by my august sove- reign ...
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... crime committed upon the person of Lincoln , the honest , by the hand of an assassin , has impelled the council of the artisans ' society , called the Union , to spontaneously unite last night in a session for the purpose of manifesting ...
... crime committed upon the person of Lincoln , the honest , by the hand of an assassin , has impelled the council of the artisans ' society , called the Union , to spontaneously unite last night in a session for the purpose of manifesting ...
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abhorrence Abraham Lincoln address of sympathy affliction aldermen American Union Andrew Johnson April April 29 assassination of President assurance bereavement Berne borough calamity canton cause Chairman Chamber CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS Chief Magistrate citizens committee common seal consul copy council death deed deep sympathy deepest deplore deprived desire to express detestation duty emancipation event excellency feelings following resolutions Frederick Seward glorious grief hand heart heartfelt sympathy honor hope horror and indignation humanity illustrious inhabitants justice late President LEGATION liberty London loss martyr mayor mourning murder noble North obedient servant pathy patriotic peace President Lincoln profound sympathy provost public meeting rebellion regret republic request Resolutions passed respect respectfully royal burgh SEAL sentiments slavery society sorrow sustained sympathy and condolence terrible tion town Translation transmit triumph unani Unanimously resolved undersigned victim victory Washington widow William H WILLIAM HUNTER
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Page 129 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 84 - 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 418 - Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 320 - Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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 84 - 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 motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Page 83 - A duty devolves upon me 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 on the same Almighty . Being I place my reliance for support, and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance, without which I cannot succeed, but...
Page 382 - ... 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 during the remainder of his healthful life. In giving the resolutions...
Page 83 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 129 - Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come ; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh...