And furthermore, as president of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent, the moment the State determines to secede, for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in... Life and Reminiscences of General Wm. T. Sherman - Page 17by Thomas Clement Fletcher - 1891 - 479 lehteFull view - About this book
| Society of the Army of the Tennessee - 1897 - 272 lehte
...the general scheme of secession, his answer was short and decisive, and concluded in these words: " On no earthly account, will I do any act or think...defiance of the old government of the United States." My fellow-countrymen, the simple faith and the unfaltering loyalty manifested in these words is cherished... | |
| Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 568 lehte
...munitions of war here belonging to the State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. " And furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors,...defiance of the old Government of the United States." His resignation was, of course, promptly accepted, and he at once returned to St. Louis. In consequence... | |
| Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 574 lehte
...munitions of war here belonging to the State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. " And furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors,...defiance of the old Government of the United States." His resignation was, of course, promptly accepted, and he at once returned to St. Louis. In consequence... | |
| Phineas Camp Headley - 1865 - 410 lehte
...munitions of war here belonging to the State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. " And furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors,...defiance of the old Government of the United States. ' " With great respect, &c., " (Signed) WT SHERMAN." What a scorching rebuke is that in the first paragraph... | |
| Thomas M. Stevenson - 1865 - 368 lehte
...were getting control of the South. " On no earthly account, " he wrote to the Governor of Louisiana, "will I do any act, or think any thought, hostile...defiance of the old government of the United States. " Such was the emphatic language of this true patriot. He went to Washington and was made Colonel,... | |
| Linus Pierpont Brockett - 1866 - 316 lehte
...munitions of war here belonging to the State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. And furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors,...defiance of the old Government of the United States. With great respect, &c., (Signed) WT SHEBMAN. "Inhere spoke the true hero and patriot, " On no earthlyaccount... | |
| 1866 - 672 lehte
...prefer to maintain my allegiance to the old Constitution as long as a fragment of it survives. .... " I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as...defiance of, the old government of the United States." It is curious to remember that it was the man who wrote this letter, — and who wrote it in the far... | |
| 1866 - 662 lehte
...prefer to maintain my allegiance to the old Constitution as long as a fragment of it survives. .... " I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as...defiance of, the old government of the United States." It is curious to remember that it was the man who wrote this letter, — and who wrote it in the far... | |
| George Whitfield Pepper - 1866 - 538 lehte
...letter to Governor Moore, resigning the position, furnishes the secret of his subsequent .fame : " For on no earthly account will I do any act, or think...defiance of the old Government of the United States." Like thousands of his countrymen, he regarded the cause of slavery, to a certain extent, as being identified... | |
| Phineas Camp Headley - 1866 - 794 lehte
...furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors, I beg yon to take immediate steps to relievo mo as superintendent the moment the State determines...on no earthly account will I do any act, or think nny thought, hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States. With great respect,... | |
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