 | John Russell Bartlett - Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.) - 1874 - 138 pages
...the simple principle that whatever party, whatever portion of the community, prevails by constitional suffrage in an election, that party is to be respected...and hopeless anarchy. But with that principle this goverment of ours- — the purest, the best, the wisest, and the happiest in the world — must be,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...war shall have for its conclusion the establishing of the principle of democratic government,—the simple principle that whatever party, whatever portion...anarchy. But with that principle this government of ours—the purest, the best, the wisest, and the happiest in the world—must be, and, so far as we... | |
 | William Henry Seward - Legislators - 1890 - 668 pages
...shall thenceforth be united, be only one country, having only one hope, one ambition, and one destiny. To-morrow, at least, we shall feel that we are not...wisest, and the happiest in the world — must be, and, BO far as we are concerned, practically will be, immortal THE ALLIES OF TREASON. THE FALL OF ATLANTA.... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 572 pages
...thenceforth be united, be only one country, having only one hope, one ambition, and one destiny. . . . When we part to-morrow night, let us remember that...the very verge of universal, cheerless, and hopeless seward, anarchy. But with that principle this government of sSettysa-t ours — the purest, the best,... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 576 pages
...that party is to be respected and maintained in power, until it shall give place, on another tiial and another verdict, to a different portion of the...the very verge of universal, cheerless, and hopeless seward, anarchy. But with that principle this government of Soetty8at ours — the purest, the best,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Morgan - Citizenship - 1895 - 376 pages
...forced upon the government, and then it will be compelled to act in self-defence. — Abraham Lincoln. Let us remember that we owe it to our country and...wisest, and the happiest in the world — must be, and,-so far as we are concerned, practically will be, immortal. — William H. Seward. What was our... | |
 | Henry Sweetser Burrage - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 314 pages
...this Union is a reality, and we shall mourn together for the evil wrought by this rebellion. . . . When we part to-morrow night, let us remember that...verge of universal, cheerless, and hopeless anarchy. " There were those in Maryland to whom these words might very appropriately have been addressed, but... | |
 | Henry Sweetser Burrage - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 306 pages
...this Union is a reality, and we shall mourn together for the evil wrought by this rebellion. . . . When we part to-morrow night, let us remember that...verge of universal, cheerless, and hopeless anarchy. " There were those in Maryland to whom these words might very appropriately have been addressed, but... | |
 | Reuben M. Wanamaker - 1918 - 384 pages
...owe it to our. country and to mankind that this war shall have for its conclusion the establishment of the principle of Democratic government . . . the...verge of universal, cheerless, and hopeless anarchy." When placed in parallel columns with the "few appropriate remarks" of Lincoln, the day following, it... | |
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When we part to-morrow night, let us remember that we owe it to our country and to mankind that this war shall have for its conclusion the establishing of the principle of democratic government, — the simple principle that whatever party, whatever portion... 