Reference to Lincoln in UK Parliament

[AussieMick]

I'm sure that there are many references over the years. But one I recently found is :

Mr. John Dillion (an Irish nationalist leader who protested the British response to the 1916 Easter Rising. ) May 11 1916 House of Commons

" ... there has been no rebellion or insurrection put down with so much blood and so much savagery as the recent insurrection in Ireland. Go back to the history of any insurrection in any modern civilised country. Take the great rebellion in America, which lasted for three years, and which had not one tithe of the excuse which these Sinn Feiners could advance. A million men lost their lives and a vast amount of property was destroyed. When the insurrection was over I do not think Abraham Lincoln executed one single man, and by that one act of clemency he did an enormous work of good for the whole of the country. "

Mr Dillon obviously made some minor errors , but his point was that Lincoln made a good decision by not executing many Confederates after winning the War.

[RJNorton]

"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."

... Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

[David Lockmiller]

(03-29-2026 07:45 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."

... Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

Great reply, Roger.