Lincoln, Stanton and Grant : Historical sketches . ence thathis name should be added to the noble list of martyrs inthe cause of liberty who had preceded him to the NewJerusalem. The downfall of the rebellion was hailed with the merrypeals of bells, the joyous strains of bands, the gay displayof the banner of the Union, the booming of peacefulcannons, the cordial greeting, the pressing of hands, andthe grand hurrah for Lincoln, Grant, and the Union, whichfrom Maine to California rent the air.; Within one short week, how changed is all this! A NATIONAL GRIEF. n dark, sad cloud overshadows the l
Lincoln, Stanton and Grant : Historical sketches . ence thathis name should be added to the noble list of martyrs inthe cause of liberty who had preceded him to the NewJerusalem. The downfall of the rebellion was hailed with the merrypeals of bells, the joyous strains of bands, the gay displayof the banner of the Union, the booming of peacefulcannons, the cordial greeting, the pressing of hands, andthe grand hurrah for Lincoln, Grant, and the Union, whichfrom Maine to California rent the air.; Within one short week, how changed is all this! A NATIONAL GRIEF. n dark, sad cloud overshadows the land ; from end to endthe North is draped in mourning ; in the palace and thecot, in the forum, at the anvil, the heartfelt tear stands ineveiy eye—for the peoples faithful Chief has fallen ! Shroud the banner, rear the cross ;Consecrate a nations loss ; Gaze on that majestic sleep ; Stand beside the bier to weep ;Lay the gentle son of toilProudly in his native soil; Crowned with honour to his rest Bear the Prophet of the West. EDWIN M. aAA>Lw\ vAa , ^XcvwM 0~V>_ LONDON. FREDERICK WAF-NE 3c C<? EDWIN M. STANTON. The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness. It doesnot ask to dine nicely and to sleep warm. The essence of greatnessis the perception that virtue is enough. Poverty is its ornament. Itdoes not need plenty, and can very well abide its loss. Emerson. His name will be remembered with the names of the demigods and the heroes, who, through an unprecedented conflict, saved the Republic alive. Hon. John A, Bingham. ,HEN the Civil War broke out in Americain 1861, the country was being ruled bya Democratic Administration, with JamesBuchanan, of Pennsylvania, as the original Cabinet of PresidentBuchanan, three members hailed from the Free and fourfrom the Slave States, They were all pro-slavery opinions of the Northern Ministers upon the questionof secession were in harmony with those of their chief;they maintained that n
Size: 1352px × 1848px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectstanton, bookyear1875
