 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1897 - 272 pages
...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 - United States - 1865 - 590 pages
...State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. " And furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate...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 - United States - 1865 - 574 pages
...State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. " And furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate...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... | |
 | Thomas M. Stevenson - Ohio - 1865 - 368 pages
...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,... | |
 | North American review - 1866 - 672 pages
...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... | |
 | North American review - 1866 - 662 pages
...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 - Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - 1866 - 538 pages
...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... | |
 | Linus Pierpont Brockett - 1866 - 316 pages
...respect, &c., (Signed) WT SHEBMAN. "Inhere spoke the true hero and patriot, " On no earthlyaccount will I do any act, or think any thought, hostile to...defiance of the old Government of the United States." The same principle ha's actuated him in all his subsequent career. Other generals, both in the East... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1866 - 794 pages
...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,... | |
 | George Whitfield Pepper - 1866 - 536 pages
...the position, furnishes the secret of his subsequent fame : " For on no earthly account will I do qny act, or think any thought, hostile to, or in 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... | |
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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 defiance of the old Government of the United States. 
