Abraham LincolnE. A. Wilson & Company, 1873 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page 33
... platform and transacting all other business , a resolution was brought forward and unanimously adopted on the 17th , " that Hon . Abraham Lincoln is our first and only choice for United States Senator , to fill the vacancy about to be ...
... platform and transacting all other business , a resolution was brought forward and unanimously adopted on the 17th , " that Hon . Abraham Lincoln is our first and only choice for United States Senator , to fill the vacancy about to be ...
Page 38
... Springfield and delivered to Mr. Lincoln a letter informing him of his nomination , and a copy of the platform of the principles adopted by the Conven- On the 23d of May Mr. Lincoln accepted the nom-. tion . 38 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... Springfield and delivered to Mr. Lincoln a letter informing him of his nomination , and a copy of the platform of the principles adopted by the Conven- On the 23d of May Mr. Lincoln accepted the nom-. tion . 38 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Page 41
... platform and spoke a few words to the people at Shelbyville , Greensburg , Lawrenceburg and other places . A family group were assembled near the old home of President Harrison , to whom Mr. Lincoln bowed his respects as the train ...
... platform and spoke a few words to the people at Shelbyville , Greensburg , Lawrenceburg and other places . A family group were assembled near the old home of President Harrison , to whom Mr. Lincoln bowed his respects as the train ...
Page 41
... platform and spoke a few words to the people at Shelbyville , Greensburg , Lawrenceburg and other places . A family group were assembled near the old home of President Harrison , to whom Mr. Lincoln bowed his respects as the train ...
... platform and spoke a few words to the people at Shelbyville , Greensburg , Lawrenceburg and other places . A family group were assembled near the old home of President Harrison , to whom Mr. Lincoln bowed his respects as the train ...
Page 43
... platform of the cars . At Alliance another sumptuous dinner was in wait- ing . As the train moved up a salute was fired , a band played national airs and a company of Zuaves stood guard while the party dined . The train stopped at ...
... platform of the cars . At Alliance another sumptuous dinner was in wait- ing . As the train moved up a salute was fired , a band played national airs and a company of Zuaves stood guard while the party dined . The train stopped at ...
Contents
| 60 | |
| 72 | |
| 82 | |
| 88 | |
| 103 | |
| 113 | |
| 120 | |
| 132 | |
| 179 | |
| 186 | |
| 200 | |
| 207 | |
| 224 | |
| 235 | |
| 250 | |
| 257 | |
| 140 | |
| 153 | |
| 159 | |
| 166 | |
| 172 | |
| 262 | |
| 277 | |
| 289 | |
| 339 | |
| 346 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln April April 28 arch army arrived assassination assembled Association black cloth bonfires catafalque Chicago Church citizens closed coffin coln colored commenced committee crowd death decorated depot dirge draped in mourning Dubois elected emancipation emancipation proclamation escort feet fired flags flowers friends funeral car funeral cortege funeral party funeral train Governor Hall head hearse hearse car heart hour House hundred Illinois Independence Hall inscription Isham N John Joseph Hooker land large number Legislature liberty Marshal martyred Mayor Mead memory of Abraham ment miles military minute guns morning O. M. Hatch o'clock a. m. Oak Ridge Cemetery officers Oglesby Ohio oration passed patriot peace Philadelphia platform President Lincoln procession proclamation railroad Secretary Servius Tullius Sharon Tyndale side slavery slaves soldiers solemn sorrow Springfield street Stuart thousand tion Union United Veteran Reserve Corps Washington wreath York
Popular passages
Page 77 - 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 G-od'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 77 - The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come ; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.
Page 78 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, — let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his...
Page 230 - 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 50 - 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 50 - ... own framing under it ; while the new administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either. If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulties.
Page 78 - ... needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes...
Page 77 - Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 280 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 77 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation.