The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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... marshals by law ; now , therefore , I ABRAHAM LINCOLN , President of the United States , in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws , have thought fit to call forth , and hereby do call forth , the militia of ...
... marshals by law ; now , therefore , I ABRAHAM LINCOLN , President of the United States , in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws , have thought fit to call forth , and hereby do call forth , the militia of ...
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... and Tracy , of Michigan . Immediately after these followed four members of the Su- preme Court - Chief - Justice Chase , Associate Justices Swayne , Wayne and Davies - escorted by Marshal Lamon and the THE FUNERAL AT WASHINGTON . 115.
... and Tracy , of Michigan . Immediately after these followed four members of the Su- preme Court - Chief - Justice Chase , Associate Justices Swayne , Wayne and Davies - escorted by Marshal Lamon and the THE FUNERAL AT WASHINGTON . 115.
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... Marshal Lamon and the Clerk of the Court . They stationed themselves on the right , and next west of the space left for the Cabinet . Then came the diplomatic corps and the members of their legations . Every foreign minister and their ...
... Marshal Lamon and the Clerk of the Court . They stationed themselves on the right , and next west of the space left for the Cabinet . Then came the diplomatic corps and the members of their legations . Every foreign minister and their ...
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... Marshal Ward H. Lamon , supported by his aids . The clergy in attendance , the Rev. P. D. Gurley , D.D. , Rev. Charles H. Hall , D.D. Right Rev. Bishop Simpson , D.D. , and Rev. E. H. Gray , D.D. , Surgeon- General Barnes , of the ...
... Marshal Ward H. Lamon , supported by his aids . The clergy in attendance , the Rev. P. D. Gurley , D.D. , Rev. Charles H. Hall , D.D. Right Rev. Bishop Simpson , D.D. , and Rev. E. H. Gray , D.D. , Surgeon- General Barnes , of the ...
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... Marshal Gardiner Tufts . New Hampshire , numbering about twenty men ; Marshal Matthew G. Emery . Ohio had eighty men in line , under the marshalship of H. M. Slade , Esq . New York numbered three hundred . New Jersey was represented by ...
... Marshal Gardiner Tufts . New Hampshire , numbering about twenty men ; Marshal Matthew G. Emery . Ohio had eighty men in line , under the marshalship of H. M. Slade , Esq . New York numbered three hundred . New Jersey was represented by ...
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Page 34 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences, is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal of the American people.
Page 101 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Page 33 - They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends?
Page 32 - Unanimity is impossible ; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.
Page 46 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress, passed during the existing rebellion, with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 35 - By the frame of the Government under which we live this same people have wisely given their public servants but little power for mischief, and have with equal wisdom provided for the return of that little to their own hands at very short intervals. While the people retain their virtue and vigilance no Administration by any extreme of wickedness or folly can very seriously injure the Government in the short space of four years.
Page 44 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states...
Page 37 - 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 32 - All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitution that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed -with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration.
Page 41 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...