Lincoln Memorial: The Journeys of Abraham Lincoln: from Springfield to Washington, 1861, as President Elect; and from Washington to Springfield, 1865, as President Martyred; Comprising an Account of Public Ceremonies on the Entire Route, and Full Details of Both Journeys

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Ohio state journal, 1865 - 336 psl.
 

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97 psl. - 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 offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those Divine attributes which the believer in a
94 psl. - You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath legistered in heaven to destroy the government ; while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but
90 psl. - permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible. So that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left. " I do not forget the position assumed by some that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding in any case
97 psl. - answered. The Almighty has his own purposes. « Woe unto the world because of offences, for it must needs be that offences come, but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh.' If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of
90 psl. - the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the government ; and while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous in any given case, still the evil
323 psl. - gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom. Yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
89 psl. - 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 rise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration.
126 psl. - received the truth that the kingdom is the Lord's, and He is the governor among the nations. He remembered that God is in history, and he felt that nowhere had His hand and his mercy been so
224 psl. - In the midst of life we are in death; of whom may we seek for succor, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased?" Bishop Mcllvaine then offered an eloquent prayer, in
24 psl. - MY FRIENDS :—No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I

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