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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... treason , and that the government of the United States has not only full right and lawful authority to march its forces over every inch of territory between the St. Lawrence and the Pacific , to stop the progress of enemies , foreign or ...
... treason , and that the government of the United States has not only full right and lawful authority to march its forces over every inch of territory between the St. Lawrence and the Pacific , to stop the progress of enemies , foreign or ...
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... treason and larceny crimes . Can a Union dissevered be reconstructed by the arrange- ment of all parties concerned in its formation ? No ! When it is once destroyed , it is destroyed forever . Let those who believe it can be , first ...
... treason and larceny crimes . Can a Union dissevered be reconstructed by the arrange- ment of all parties concerned in its formation ? No ! When it is once destroyed , it is destroyed forever . Let those who believe it can be , first ...
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... treason , and murder , and arson , then they should be overthrown by the whole power of the government , and put down so that no resurrection day will ever dawn on rebellion again . I am one of those who , in former years , thought that ...
... treason , and murder , and arson , then they should be overthrown by the whole power of the government , and put down so that no resurrection day will ever dawn on rebellion again . I am one of those who , in former years , thought that ...
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... treason to larceny , has been committed by the secession leaders , in attempting to drive them into rebellion . How can these men be sustained by any one ; with hands dripping with blood - not only the blood of Northern , but of ...
... treason to larceny , has been committed by the secession leaders , in attempting to drive them into rebellion . How can these men be sustained by any one ; with hands dripping with blood - not only the blood of Northern , but of ...
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... treason and traitors at every step , because a judge sent a writ of habeas corpus , give up a traitor who was endangering the safety of his command and the interest of his country ? No man can pretend it for a single moment ; it is one ...
... treason and traitors at every step , because a judge sent a writ of habeas corpus , give up a traitor who was endangering the safety of his command and the interest of his country ? No man can pretend it for a single moment ; it is one ...
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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!