Illustrated Life, Services, Martyrdom, and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln ...: With a Portrait of President Lincoln, and Other Illustrative Engravings of the Scene of the Assassination, Etc. ...David Brainerd Williamson |
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... April 19th , dawned with a clear sky and a genial sun . Washington was in the deepest mourning . All the stores were closed as they had been since 216 REMAINS , IN STATE AT THE WHITE HOUSE . Funeral Services at the White House.
... April 19th , dawned with a clear sky and a genial sun . Washington was in the deepest mourning . All the stores were closed as they had been since 216 REMAINS , IN STATE AT THE WHITE HOUSE . Funeral Services at the White House.
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... closed as they had been since the assassination . Sadness was depicted on every counte- nance , and soon the streets were thronged with military , societies , and citizens , wending their way to Pennsylvania Avenue and the White House ...
... closed as they had been since the assassination . Sadness was depicted on every counte- nance , and soon the streets were thronged with military , societies , and citizens , wending their way to Pennsylvania Avenue and the White House ...
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... closed with the Lord's Prayer , in which the whole audience joined as if by one voice . All those present were melted to tears under its effect . BISHOP SIMPSON'S PRAYER . " In the course of his FUNERAL SERVICES AT THE WHITE HOUSE . 219 ...
... closed with the Lord's Prayer , in which the whole audience joined as if by one voice . All those present were melted to tears under its effect . BISHOP SIMPSON'S PRAYER . " In the course of his FUNERAL SERVICES AT THE WHITE HOUSE . 219 ...
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... closed . May the spirit of rebellion soon pass away . May the last vestige of slavery , which caused the rebellion , be driven from our land . God grant that the sun may shine on a free people from the Atlantic to the Pacific , and from ...
... closed . May the spirit of rebellion soon pass away . May the last vestige of slavery , which caused the rebellion , be driven from our land . God grant that the sun may shine on a free people from the Atlantic to the Pacific , and from ...
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... closed the solemnities by prayer . The coffin was then closed , and carried out by twelve DOCTOR GURLEY'S FUNERAL ORATION 227.
... closed the solemnities by prayer . The coffin was then closed , and carried out by twelve DOCTOR GURLEY'S FUNERAL ORATION 227.
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Abolitionism ABRAHAM LINCOLN adopted April April 21 arms army arrived assassin authority Baltimore believe called capital caused the seal citizens City of Washington coffin command Congress Constitution Convention declared duty election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation Executive existing fathers favor Federal Fellow-citizens force Ford's Theatre Fort Pickens Fort Sumter friends give habeas corpus heart hereby hereunto set honor hope House Illinois inaugural Independence insurrection issued labor land liberty Lord one thousand Louisiana loyal Mayor McClellan ment military nation Navy never oath occasion officers party patriotism peace persons political present President Lincoln principle proclamation proper purpose question rebel rebellion received Republican SCHUYLER COLFAX seceded Secretary Secretary of War Senate sentiments set my hand SEWARD slavery slaves South South Carolina speak Sumter territory thereof thing thousand eight hundred tion treason Union United vote Washington whole words
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Page 97 - 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 221 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 135 - ... and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully...
Page 91 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 134 - States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 91 - 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; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 134 - ... 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 and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 93 - 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 94 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 107 - And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question, whether a constitutional republic or democracy — a government of the people by the same people — can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.