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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 0 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1860., [Electronic resource], Later from South America. (search)
inaman is very apt to meet with some person whom it will fit, even among the "barbarians" of Europe. And as for money, if it be as it is called, a slave, it is an extremely popular slave, and cannot go far without meeting with a master. The same may be predicated, we presume, of all moveables that can be converted into cash. But what is to be done with the land? It cannot be put in the purse, or carried on board a ship, or worn on the back. It cannot be taken up and borne bodily off, as Samson carried off the gates of Gaza. It will not be taken to Europe, we presume, and it will not be settled by Europeans. A man cannot put a temple in his pocket, or walk off with a city on his back. What then? Is a force to be left to hold possession? We should think Algeria and India might stand as two tolerably strong practical protests against that sort of policy. Besides, the force necessary to secure such enforced possession would seem to us rather too large to be conveniently spared.
The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Arrivals from Europe. (search)
dict Arnolds in the State, but never did a political traitor merit so black a doom as that of the reprobate who will dare to whisper in his dreams of reconstructing the old Union. The solemn earnestness, the clear and irrevocable purpose of the South must be thoroughly understood abroad before we can expect recognition by European powers. Every tie with the North must be broken; industrial, social and commercial bonds between the two sections must be snapped like the withes which bound Samson; not a pile of the bridge which we have crossed should be left standing. The policy and purpose of the Southern Government and people must be made clear to all mankind as the noonday sun. Then, and not till then, will European nations deem it safe to recognize our independence. If one Manassas has not convinced them of the fact, we must multiply Manassas; we must answer the insidious arguments of Northern reconstructionists with sword, bayonet and artillery. Those are the only language of
The Daily Dispatch: September 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway.--$25 reward. (search)
wer to help, and to cast down. 2 Chron. 25: 8. I will go in the strength of the Lord God. Psa. 71: 16. Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. 1 Sam. 17: 45. A soldier must pray before he goes to fight. Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. Neh. 4: 9. And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, Oh Lord God, remember me. I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee only this once.--Judg. 16: 28. And David said, Oh Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness 2 Sam. 15: 31. If any of you lack wisdom, let Him ask of God. James 1: 5. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Thy law: yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Psa. 119: 34. Give Thy strength unto Thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid. Psa.
The Daily Dispatch: September 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Talking and fighting. (search)
he British Government to death, in the last Irish rebellion, is a clear demonstration, that the jawbone of an ass is only a dangerous instrument when wielded by a Samson. An Mr. Thomas Francis Meagrer is no Samson, he did not break the cords which bound Ireland to her old situation; he did not pull down the pillars of the British Samson, he did not break the cords which bound Ireland to her old situation; he did not pull down the pillars of the British polities temple and bury himself in its ruins. He only resemble Samson in having reclined his head with easy credulity in the lap of a political barlot, and in having his locks shorn, his eyes put out, and in Frandishing ferociously the jawbone afore said. When the last Irish rebellion occurred, we recollect the dismay whichSamson in having reclined his head with easy credulity in the lap of a political barlot, and in having his locks shorn, his eyes put out, and in Frandishing ferociously the jawbone afore said. When the last Irish rebellion occurred, we recollect the dismay which seized us when we found that a waterspout of words was the principal obstruction that threatened the administration of the British Government in that island. The people were the bravest of the brave: as fond of a fight as of a frolic, and with wise and practical leaders, would give any Government against which they chose to rebe
The Daily Dispatch: October 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], Recruiting in California. (search)
ing military men now before the country, North and South. He was emphatically of the opinion that there is no way to get out of our difficulties but to fight it out. I came away well satisfied that, for weal or woe, James Buchanan stands firmly for the Union, and that, whether mistaken or not, he has always acted from the highest motives of patriotism." You are easily "satisfied" then. James Buchanan acting from "the highest motives of patriotism," which are, of course, the five loaves and two fishes, the only motives which ever operated upon the mind of any of his tribe! Of all the office-seeking pack, of all the sinister, sinuous, slimy politicians that have bedaubed every avenue to public confidence, and betrayed every party and every individual credulous enough to believe in them, commend us to Buchanan. If he "stands firmly for the Union," it is the only thing he ever stood firmly for. It will not take much of a Samson to pull down a temple that rests upon such pillars.
The Daily Dispatch: December 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Disorders of the mind. (search)
l life, that the mighty mind was losing something of its energy; that, though the faculties were there and occasionally displaying themselves in full vigor, the sagacious judgment and unrivalled memory were occasionally at fault. "Among the cords the fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made." Ever and anon he paused and looked around him, like one half waking from a dream mocked with shadows. The sad bewilderment of his gaze showed a momentary consciousness, that, like Samson in the lap of the Philistine, "his strength was passing from him, and he was becoming weak like unto other men." Then came the strong effort of aroused will. The clouds dispersed as if before an irresistible current of pure air; all was bright and serene as of old, and then it closed again in yet deeper darkness. Under these circumstances it was no wonder that his medical advisers assured him, repeatedly and emphatically, that, if he persisted in working his brain, nothing could prevent hi
The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ops from there. I do not believe in the semblance of loyalty there, or that even that semblance would continue a day in the absence of the army. I do not know how Maryland can have seven regiments in our service, and none in that of the Confederates, I don't know how the President gets his facts, but I don't believe it myself. I believe the President is misled in the matter. I believe he is laboring under a fatal hallucination — unwillingly, no doubt — but as grievous as that under which Samson labored with regard to the Philistines, when he was under the manipulation of Delilah. He could not vote a dollar to call into the service any more troops than now are mustered, unless a necessity can be shown for their employment." This is very plain talk, and as truthful and sensible as rough upon Lincoln. Mr. Stevens thinks six hundred thousand troops ample for the purposes of the war, and six hundred millions of dollars, appropriated within a period of less than twelve months, a m
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
alty to the Confederate Government, and upon assuming to pay the costs of the case, a nolle prosequi was entered by the Attorney General, and the prisoner was discharged. In Taylorsville, the Court-House of Johnson, a few days ago, a pole from which the Confederate flag waved to the breeze, was cut down, but Mr. Butler informa us that this was the work of a lunatic named Samson Gress. The Union people of the town, he assures us, disapproved of the act. We trust there was no "method" in Samson's madness. Incidents at the bombardment of Fort Pickens The following extract is from a letter written by an officer on board the United States steamer Richmond, after the bombardment of Fort Pickens: I went, by invitation of Lieut.-- of the Engineers, to visit the Fort; tooka circult first of the covered way, then to the parapets and ramparts. All around the Fort, inside and out, were marks of the enemy's at of and shell. on the glaces, here and there, are deep grooves, en
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], Late Northern and Southern news. (search)
s lifetime, and, when he perished, the English people returned as naturally to loyalty and commonsense as the bough of the fruit tree, which is held down till it is stripped of its fruit, bounds back to its natural position as soon as the plunderer has let go his hold. The English are pre-eminently the common-sense people of the world. Their Constitution is the collected experience of the nation, ripened and matured through a thousand years. It has the wisdom of Solomon and the strength of Samson, with the age of Methuselah. At a period when most nations have passed their meridian and are beginning to decline, the man of England is marching to a loftier altitude in the heavens and shedding a brighter and a broader track of light upon the earth. England never was as powerful as now; in fact, with the aid of France, which is her cordial ally, she is mistress of the world; and, if she avails herself of the golden opportunity presented in the war between the Southern States and the Lin
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], One hundred and twenty-five Dollars reward. (search)
y, where the press is regarded as the palladium of liberty. We are not surprised to hear that it is decidedly the sentiment of delegates of the Southern States now here in Congress, that laws for the exemption of printers from militia service should be enacted. To refuse this, is to deprive the Southern people of the press, to shut them out completely from all intelligence of affairs in which they are deeply interested, and to take away from them incentives to patriotism and energy which the press daily pours forth. Who can estimate the value to the Southern cause of the daily appeals of a patriotic press? Without it, they would sink into apathy and insertion, grope about like Samson deprived of his eyes, waste away like strong men bereft of food and water. It is certainly to be hoped that the Legislature will at once take measures to avert the fearful blow upon the public spirit and energies of the Southern people which must follow the suppression of a free and patriotic press.
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