Life of William McKinley, Our Martyred President: With Short Biographies of Lincoln and Garfield, and a Comprehensive Life of President Roosevelt, Containing the Masterpieces of McKinley's Eloquence, and a History of Anarchy, Its Purposes and Results |
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Leon Czolgosz , the Assassin of McKinley . The Capitol , Washington , D . C . The
Whitehouse , Washington , D . C . The Milburn House , Buffalo . McKinley
Residence , Canton , Ohio . Mrs . Wm . McKinley , Mother of the President . Mr .
Abner ...
Leon Czolgosz , the Assassin of McKinley . The Capitol , Washington , D . C . The
Whitehouse , Washington , D . C . The Milburn House , Buffalo . McKinley
Residence , Canton , Ohio . Mrs . Wm . McKinley , Mother of the President . Mr .
Abner ...
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... of Rome – The Nachrichten of Berlin - The Manchester Guardian - Labouchere
- Opinions . of the Law Makers , Etc . - Editorials of Many Leading Journals , Etc . .
. . . . . 405 - 438 CHAPTER XXX . — Trial and Condemnation of the Assassin .
... of Rome – The Nachrichten of Berlin - The Manchester Guardian - Labouchere
- Opinions . of the Law Makers , Etc . - Editorials of Many Leading Journals , Etc . .
. . . . . 405 - 438 CHAPTER XXX . — Trial and Condemnation of the Assassin .
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doctrines taught in public places , and this vile reptile , one of its adherents ,
springing from the nests of anarchy in Chicago , where it is taught that it is right to
kill the ruler , becomes the assassin of our beloved president - a man far above ...
doctrines taught in public places , and this vile reptile , one of its adherents ,
springing from the nests of anarchy in Chicago , where it is taught that it is right to
kill the ruler , becomes the assassin of our beloved president - a man far above ...
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If he had not turned to wave a last farewell to a little girl he might have seen the
assassin in time to save him from the murderous assault . Look at the picture of
that grand man in his devotion to his invalid wife and see him kneeling by his
aged ...
If he had not turned to wave a last farewell to a little girl he might have seen the
assassin in time to save him from the murderous assault . Look at the picture of
that grand man in his devotion to his invalid wife and see him kneeling by his
aged ...
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Every man in that struggling , crazy throng was striving to get hold of the assassin
, to strike him , to rend him , to wreak upon him the mad fury which possessed
them the instant they realized what he had done . The greater part of the crowd ...
Every man in that struggling , crazy throng was striving to get hold of the assassin
, to strike him , to rend him , to wreak upon him the mad fury which possessed
them the instant they realized what he had done . The greater part of the crowd ...
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Page 257 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 297 - We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 299 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 157 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 299 - Such minority was precisely the case of the Tories of our own Revolution. It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines, or old laws ; but to break up both, and make new ones.
Page 301 - Now you are about to have a convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom.
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Page 286 - A system which provides a mutual exchange of commodities is manifestly essential to the continued healthful growth of our export trade. We must not repose in fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing.
Page 157 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 180 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.