 But I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation. I hope, therefore, that all...  Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil War - Page 83by Benson Bobrick - 2008 - 300 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | American essays - 1910 - 964 pages
...the Union, and was opposed to secession both in theory and in practice. In January, 1861, he wrote, 'I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country...preservation. . . . Secession is nothing but revolution. The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation,... | |
 | American essays - 1914 - 1066 pages
...up the Union was stupid, fatal, intolerable folly. This was what Robert E. Lee meant when he said: 'I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union.' And again, 'Secession is nothing but revolution." And yet again, 'It is idle to talk of secession.... | |
 | John William Jones - Generals - 1875 - 586 pages
...country, her prosperity and institutions, and would defend any State, if her rights were inA vaded. But I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country}...evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice every thing but honor for its preservation. I hope, therefore, that all constitutional means will be... | |
 | John William Jones - 1875 - 596 pages
...and institutions, and would defend any State,' if her rights were invaded. But I can anticipate uo greater calamity for the country than a dissolution...evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice every thing but honor for its preservation. I hope, therefore, that all constitutional means will be... | |
 | Lee Memorial Association - Lee Statue (Lexington, Va.) - 1883 - 92 pages
...country, her prosperity and institutions, and would defend any State if her rights were invaded. But I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country...dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation. I hope,... | |
 | Lee Memorial Association - Lee Statue (Lexington, Va.) - 1883 - 92 pages
...country, her prosperity and institutions, and would defend any State if her rights were invaded. But I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country...dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation. I hope,... | |
 | Apache Indians - 1883 - 734 pages
...follows : " As an American citizen I take great pride in my country, her prosperity and institutions. ... I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. . . . Secession is nothing but revolution. . . . The framers of the Constitution provided for a perpetual... | |
 | Armistead Lindsay Long, Marcus Joseph Wright - Generals - 1886 - 760 pages
...country, her prosperity, and her institutions, and would defend any State if her rights were invaded. But I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country...sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation. I hope, therefore, that all constitutional means will be exhausted before there is a resort to force.... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - Confederate States of America - 1889 - 458 pages
...State if her rights were invaded. But I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation...sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation. I hope, therefore, that all constitutional means will be exhausted before there is a resort to force.... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1889 - 894 pages
...State if her rights were invaded. But I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation...sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation. I hope, therefore, that all constitutional means will be exhausted before there is a resort to force.... | |
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