Speeches, Correspondence, Etc., of the Late Daniel S. Dickinson of New York: Including: Addresses on Important Public Topics: Speeches in the State and United States Senate, and in Support of the Government During the Rebellion; Correspondence, Private and Political (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Dickinson), Poems (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Mygatt), Etc, Volume 2G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1867 |
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... , and war is therefore upon us , with all its terrible realities ; a civil , intestine war , against and be- tween brethren ! It were profitless to inquire for original or remote causes 1861. ] 3 GREAT UNION MASS MEETING .
... , and war is therefore upon us , with all its terrible realities ; a civil , intestine war , against and be- tween brethren ! It were profitless to inquire for original or remote causes 1861. ] 3 GREAT UNION MASS MEETING .
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... civil war . Our once happy land resounds with the clangor of rebellious arms , and is polluted with the dead bodies of its children ; some seeking to destroy , some struggling to maintain the common beneficent government of all ...
... civil war . Our once happy land resounds with the clangor of rebellious arms , and is polluted with the dead bodies of its children ; some seeking to destroy , some struggling to maintain the common beneficent government of all ...
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... civil intestine war is one of the most fearful and fero- cious that ever desolated earth , and its authors will be cursed , when the atrocities of Bajazet and Tamerlane and the Khans of Tartary and India and other despoilers of the ...
... civil intestine war is one of the most fearful and fero- cious that ever desolated earth , and its authors will be cursed , when the atrocities of Bajazet and Tamerlane and the Khans of Tartary and India and other despoilers of the ...
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... civil and religious freedom . And so it was from the North to the South , and from the East to the West ; with over thirty millions of people , unoppressed by government , but every one enjoying the fruit of his own in- dustry , and ...
... civil and religious freedom . And so it was from the North to the South , and from the East to the West ; with over thirty millions of people , unoppressed by government , but every one enjoying the fruit of his own in- dustry , and ...
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... civil writ . But there is an old maxim , as old as Julius Cæsar would have been had he lived , " inter arma leges silent ” —that is , the laws are silent in the midst of arms . Here is the question : an in- dividual is imprisoned ; some ...
... civil writ . But there is an old maxim , as old as Julius Cæsar would have been had he lived , " inter arma leges silent ” —that is , the laws are silent in the midst of arms . Here is the question : an in- dividual is imprisoned ; some ...
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Page 302 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 5 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 84 - Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 680 - There is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying.
Page 155 - Men! with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
Page 93 - When beggars die there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Page 38 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 301 - In all its history it has been beneficent; it has trodden down no man's liberty ; it has crushed no State. Its daily respiration is liberty and patriotism; its yet youthful veins are full of enterprise, courage, and honorable love of glory and renown.
Page 92 - A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force nor doors nor locks Can shield you; — 'tis the ballot-box.
Page 104 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!