The Massachusetts register. Serial no., 94 |
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Page 121
... arrived in Washington Feb. 23d . Upon the 4th of March , A. D. 1861 , Abraham Lincoln , of Illinois , was duly sworn in as President of the United States , for four years from that date . The ceremony was solemn and impressive in the ...
... arrived in Washington Feb. 23d . Upon the 4th of March , A. D. 1861 , Abraham Lincoln , of Illinois , was duly sworn in as President of the United States , for four years from that date . The ceremony was solemn and impressive in the ...
Page 127
... arrived there to - day . Should that happen , my dear parents , it may be my lot to be injured in some manner . Whatever may happen , cherish the consolation that I was engaged in the perform- ance of a sacred duty ; and to - night ...
... arrived there to - day . Should that happen , my dear parents , it may be my lot to be injured in some manner . Whatever may happen , cherish the consolation that I was engaged in the perform- ance of a sacred duty ; and to - night ...
Page 131
... Arriving at Matamoras he was sent to Washington as bearer of dispatches , made a splendid speech for the cause of the volunteers in his seat , and then resigned it . He rejoined his regiment in time to be in at the victory of Vera Cruz ...
... Arriving at Matamoras he was sent to Washington as bearer of dispatches , made a splendid speech for the cause of the volunteers in his seat , and then resigned it . He rejoined his regiment in time to be in at the victory of Vera Cruz ...
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... arrived in the city at the Worcester Depot . They were received by the Governor , his aids , and the Independent ... arrival came , many of the stores and flags along the streets where they were expected to pass , were draped in mourning ...
... arrived in the city at the Worcester Depot . They were received by the Governor , his aids , and the Independent ... arrival came , many of the stores and flags along the streets where they were expected to pass , were draped in mourning ...
Page 155
... arrived at that city , and , the next day , was placed in the City Hall , where thousands flocked to view it . His ... Arriving at the city cemetery , the remains of one who had been so tenderly cared for were deposited with appropriate ...
... arrived at that city , and , the next day , was placed in the City Hall , where thousands flocked to view it . His ... Arriving at the city cemetery , the remains of one who had been so tenderly cared for were deposited with appropriate ...
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Page 120 - 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 119 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts...
Page 119 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 133 - The state treasurer is hereby authorized, under the direction of the governor and council, to borrow...
Page 135 - Said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of not more than six per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the first days of January and July of each year.
Page 125 - Whatever may happen, cherish the consolation that I was engaged in the performance of a sacred duty; and tonight, thinking over the probabilities of tomorrow, and the occurrences of the past, I am perfectly content to accept whatever my fortune may be, confident that He who noteth even the fall of a sparrow will have some purpose even in the fate of one like me. My darling and ever-loved parents, good-bye. God bless, protect and care for you.
Page 132 - Buchanan) to amply and faithfully discharge his constitutional duty of enforcing the laws and preserving the integrity of the Union : and we proffer to him, through the Governor of the Commonwealth, such aid in men and money as he may require, to maintain the authority of the national government.
Page 227 - That there shall be allowed to each regiment one chaplain, who shall be appointed by the regimental commander, on the vote of the field officers and company commanders on duty with the regiment at the time the appointment shall be made.
Page 122 - Whereas the laws of the United States have been, for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 156 - Born in Boston in 1840, he was educated in Europe, where he went when eleven years old, and where in France, Germany, and Italy he showed that he possessed the ancestral faculty of mastering easily all languages, and where he faithfully studied classic and Christian antiquity and art. Under the best and most loving guidance, he read with joy the vivid descriptions of Virgil, while looking down from the hill of Posilippo, on the headland of Misenum, and the ruins of Cumae.