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The assassin's pistol proved the veritable Pandora's box from which sprung evils untold,--whose consequences have never been measured.--to one-third of the States of our Union.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Stevenson describes the far-reaching consequences of Lincoln's assassination.
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Irishmen, in common with liberty-loving men everywhere, looked with abhorrence upon the attempt of a great European power to establish monarchy upon the ruins of republics.
To garner up the fruits of successful revolution by ensuring stable government was the task demanding the loftiest statesmanship.
In the rush of events, party antagonisms, in the main, soon fade from remembrance.
The love of liberty is deeply ingrained into the very life of the Irishman.