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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... wishes for the complete restoration of that health so precious in so many aspects . Begging you , Mr. Secretary of State , to return to me , after using it , the afore- said despatch , I seize this occasion to reiterate to you the ...
... wishes for the complete restoration of that health so precious in so many aspects . Begging you , Mr. Secretary of State , to return to me , after using it , the afore- said despatch , I seize this occasion to reiterate to you the ...
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... wish to conclude this despatch by requesting you to convey my most re- spectful compliments to President Johnson ... wishes of every patriotic heart and the counsels of the wisest minds will be ever ready to support him in the great ...
... wish to conclude this despatch by requesting you to convey my most re- spectful compliments to President Johnson ... wishes of every patriotic heart and the counsels of the wisest minds will be ever ready to support him in the great ...
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... wishes that the tomb of those great men may inspire their successors with fortitude and firmness , so that along with the triumph of the United States of America , republican principles may triumph wherever the want of liberty is felt ...
... wishes that the tomb of those great men may inspire their successors with fortitude and firmness , so that along with the triumph of the United States of America , republican principles may triumph wherever the want of liberty is felt ...
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... and offer at the same time our best hopes and wishes for his speedy recovery . GARDNER B. PERRY , Secretary . ROBERT C. KIRK , Chairman . BELGIUM . [ Translation . ] BRUSSELS , April 29 12 APPENDIX TO DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE .
... and offer at the same time our best hopes and wishes for his speedy recovery . GARDNER B. PERRY , Secretary . ROBERT C. KIRK , Chairman . BELGIUM . [ Translation . ] BRUSSELS , April 29 12 APPENDIX TO DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE .
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... wishes that the deplorable loss may not deprive the American nation of that calmness which is necessary to finish the great work of conciliation and pacification which Mr. Lincoln has so nobly begun . I am done . Mr. DE HAERNE . I agree ...
... wishes that the deplorable loss may not deprive the American nation of that calmness which is necessary to finish the great work of conciliation and pacification which Mr. Lincoln has so nobly begun . I am done . Mr. DE HAERNE . I agree ...
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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...