 | Kansas. Legislature. Senate - 1866 - 630 psl.
...homo. His closing remarks are -already historic : i ' •"lam loth to close. ' We are not eneniies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...bonds of affection. '"The mystic chords of memory, stretehing from every battlefield and patriotic grave, to every living heart and hearthstone all over... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - 1866 - 264 psl.
...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...registered in heaven to destroy the Government ; while I have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' I am loth to close. We are not enemies,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 750 psl.
...countrymen, and not in mine, arc the momentous issues of civil war. The Government will not nssail you You can have no conflict without being yourselves...registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while 7 shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defi-ud it. ' I am loth to close,' said... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 748 psl.
...countrymen, and not in mine, we the momentous issues of civil war. The Government will not assail you You can have no conflict without being yourselves...registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while / shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it. ' 1 am loth to close,' said he... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1866 - 628 psl.
...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...oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government; whilst I shall have the^ most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' I am loth to close.*... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 574 psl.
...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 iu Heaven to destroy the government; while I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect,... | |
 | Henry Winter Davis - 1867 - 598 psl.
...government will not assail you. "You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government,...affection. "The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living hearth and hearthstone all over this broad land,... | |
 | Henry Winter Davis - 1867 - 616 psl.
...government will not assail you. "You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government,...but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. 4 ' The mystic chords of memory, stretching... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 psl.
...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...one to ' preserve, protect, and defend ' it. " I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained,... | |
 | Bruce D. Weinstein - 2005 - 200 psl.
...Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, which he gave on Monday, March 4, 1861: We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land,... | |
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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... 
