A Sermon on the Assassination of President LincolnA.W. Scribners, 1865 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 5
Seite 12
... tion or color . Be what you are to - day , mentally and morally , only black , and the planter will sell you , or whip you , or degrade you as readily as he would the African fresh from the Guinea coast . The man who is taught that he ...
... tion or color . Be what you are to - day , mentally and morally , only black , and the planter will sell you , or whip you , or degrade you as readily as he would the African fresh from the Guinea coast . The man who is taught that he ...
Seite 31
... tion to his obligations as a constitutional ruler , and by fanatics of caste on the other , who were not only deaf to the claims of justice but would hear of no policy large enough for a revolutionary emergency , Mr. Lincoln has ...
... tion to his obligations as a constitutional ruler , and by fanatics of caste on the other , who were not only deaf to the claims of justice but would hear of no policy large enough for a revolutionary emergency , Mr. Lincoln has ...
Seite 37
... tion open for our children to settle . lived to see his policy carried out - the military power of the rebellion broken ; and almost at the very hour of this consummation his life was cut short . I accept this as an indication that his ...
... tion open for our children to settle . lived to see his policy carried out - the military power of the rebellion broken ; and almost at the very hour of this consummation his life was cut short . I accept this as an indication that his ...
Seite 39
... tion does not enter into the consideration at all . The question is simply whether we will put in force the laws against treason which we have made for our own protection . We forget that , in the words of our present Executive , lenity ...
... tion does not enter into the consideration at all . The question is simply whether we will put in force the laws against treason which we have made for our own protection . We forget that , in the words of our present Executive , lenity ...
Seite 41
... tion , and thrown all things into direst confusion . To - day government moves on without a break or jar . Ere the nation's ruler is scarce cold in death , his successor steps quietly into his vacant place , without a movement or a ...
... tion , and thrown all things into direst confusion . To - day government moves on without a break or jar . Ere the nation's ruler is scarce cold in death , his successor steps quietly into his vacant place , without a movement or a ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abraham Lincoln administration amid assas Assassination of Abraham banners beloved President BEQUEST OF EVERT bereaved bidding blighted blood blow circumstances clustering vines Confederacy Constitution danger dare dead death deed degradation disregard distinction of color duty Europe event expression faith foreign gather God's hand heart Heaven Henceforth horror hour human right inauguration intellectual character JOHN E justice land leaders leading traitors lenity lesson look maimed MARVIN ment monument murder mutilation nation nation's burden natural North Northern men open grave party passion peace pestilent political popular principle ques question rebellion Respectfully ruler sackcloth and ashes sense shalt be avenged sident slave mart South Southern Southern prin speaketh spirit of slavery stand stop story strength struck sympathy tears tell thee thine thing Thou shalt thy tomb tion to-day treason TROY trust VINCENT virtue wave West WINSLOW WOOL
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 33 - It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights would be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance.
Seite 33 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world for all future time.
Seite 26 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I can not succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him; and in the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support, and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance, without which I can not succeed, but with...
Seite 45 - THE DAY OF THE LORD. THE Day of the Lord is at hand, at hand : Its storms roll up the sky : The nations sleep starving on heaps of gold; All dreamers toss and sigh ; The night is darkest before the morn ; When the pain is sorest the child is born, And the Day of the Lord at hand.
Seite 26 - his trust in God, he ever derived support and consolation in the darkest hours. Implicitly relying upon Almighty wisdom and goodness, he looked danger in the face with a constant smile, and endured incessant labors and trials with a serenity which seemed more than human. While, however, his soul was full of piety, it was tolerant of error.
Seite 46 - ... wilt not follow her career with thy spirit gaze, and smile with heavenly joy, when thou shalt see peace within her walls and prosperity within her palaces. And so, till our work be done, and we follow thee into the silence, we bid thee farewell. Sleep ! -beloved ruler ! Rest ! great, tender, careworn heart ! Sleep sweetly in the bosom of the "West, while the gratitude of the down-trodden and the love of the nation gather like clustering vines round thy tomb, and thy monument points through the...
Seite 27 - But, more sublime than any or all of these, more holy and influential, more beautiful and strong and sustaining was his abiding confidence in God, and in the final triumph of truth and righteousness, through Him and for His sake. This was his noblest virtue, his grandest principle, the secret alike of his strength, his patience, and his success...
Seite 30 - But without the advantages of Washington's education or training, Mr. Lincoln was called from an humble station, at the opening of a mighty civil war, to form a government out of a party in which the habits and traditions of official life did not exist. Finding himself the object of Southern abuse so fierce and so foul, that in any man less passionless it would long ago have stirred up an implacable...
Seite 37 - and that the work of retribution belonged to other and doubtless fitter instruments. I will not positively assert that his policy toward traitors was so much too lenient that God replaced him by a man, who, we have good reason to think, will not err in this direction. Yet I say this may be and it looks like it.
Seite 43 - ... they have been secretly favoring, this deed has supplied the want. Henceforth, brothers, we go forth more unitedly to our work. Henceforth the lines are more sharply drawn. Henceforth we know but two classes — loyal men and traitors. Northern men with Southern principles, I tell you your skirts are not clear of the President's blood. You have fostered the spirit which struck the blow. You have apologized for it. You have fretted and been angry at those who would insist that slavery was at the...