 | American essays - 1912 - 912 pages
...to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen...army, but, as the restoration of peace should be the object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot therefore meet... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...think the emergency ' ^iS arisen to call for tho surrender of this army, hut as tbe i . y-'.oration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals wouUL lead to that end. I canuol, therefore, mo-* you with a view to surrender tho Army of... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all. I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, / be that offen th» restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen...sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I can not, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen...sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I can not, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army... | |
 | Thomas Mears Eddy - Illinois - 1866 - 736 pages
...to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a... | |
 | 1865 - 278 pages
...to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...to propose the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a... | |
 | Stella S. Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1866 - 728 pages
...to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a... | |
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General: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to... 
