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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik 22 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 16 16 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 10 0 Browse Search
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House 6 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1865., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: April 3, 1863., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1863., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters 2 0 Browse Search
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to the manner of our extermination. Whether the Chimpanzee at Washington shall boat our brains out with his big club, or a regular professional practitioner put us to death secundem artem, for the benefit of science, is a question not beneath the consideration of enlightened minds. Moreover, as lovers of law and constitutions, we are bound to consider with respect the Herald's theory, which proposes, through Sherman and Farragut, to work us off in a lawful and constitutional manner. As Mr. Dennis, that elegant model of a Jack Ketch, observed to the convicts in Newgate who were complaining that they were to be hung in a day or two, "You've had law; laws have been made a' purpose for you; a very handsome prison's been made a' purpose for you; a parson's kept a' purpose for you; a constitutional officer's appointed a' purpose for you; carts is maintained a purpose for you — and yet you're not contented. Will you hold your noise?" By all means, let us be "worked off" in a lawful