 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - 1897 - 272 pagine
...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... | |
 | Faunt Le Roy Senour - 1865 - 736 pagine
...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...defiance of the old Government of the United States. " With Great Respect, &o., "WT SHERMAN." INCIDENTS. When Sherman was a member of the Hon. Mr. Swing's... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1865 - 410 pagine
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 574 pagine
...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...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 - 566 pagine
...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...defiance of the old Government of the United States." Tfia resignation was, of course, promptly accepted, and he at once returned to St. Louis. In consequence... | |
 | Thomas M. Stevenson - 1865 - 368 pagine
...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,... | |
 | George Whitfield Pepper - 1866 - 538 pagine
...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... | |
 | 1866 - 672 pagine
...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...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... | |
 | Linus Pierpont Brockett - 1866 - 316 pagine
...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...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 - 662 pagine
...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...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... | |
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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... 
