In Memoriam: Abraham Lincoln, President of the United StatesGeo. Hawkes, Jr., 1865 - 88 pages |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN affliction Almighty ANDREW JOHNSON Attest befallen beloved Chief Magistrate beloved country beloved President bereaved family blessed blood charter cherish Christian patriot Committee Council be draped Council Chamber country has lost cowardly assassin dastardly death of ABRAHAM deceased President deed Degree Council deprived Dist doeth all things draped in mourning Emancipation Proclamation Father feel fellow-citizens fiendish following Preamble glorious Government grief hand heartfelt sympathy hearts held April honest honesty of purpose honored hour hour of victory human illustrious JOHN John Wilkes Booth justice lamented President late Chief Magistrate late President liberty loyal citizens martyr memory mercy midst mourn the loss murder national calamity ninety days noble noblest Preamble and Resolutions rebellion regular stated meeting Resolutions were adopted Resolutions were unanimously Resolved revere ruler SAMUEL BOWER sincerely six months space of ninety space of six stricken treason unanimously adopted Union United American Mechanics victories virtues WECKERLY WHEREAS wisdom
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Page 18 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin...
Page 12 - Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, to remove from our midst...
Page 48 - Be a Father to the fatherless, and a Husband to the widow, for Jesus
Page 42 - ... be it Resolved, That while we bow In humble submission to the will of Him who doeth all things well...
Page 34 - ... may so accord with his as to assure all faithful citizens who have been disturbed in their rights of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the Constitution and the laws. And having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
Page 42 - WHEREAS, It has pleased an All-wise Providence to remove from our midst our esteemed president, Dr.
Page 30 - One of the few, the immortal names, That were not born to die.
Page 83 - Coulter; therefore, be it Resolved, That while we bow in humble submission to the will...
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Page 28 - As a statesman, a warrior and a patriot, take him all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.