 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...twenty-four hours." And after a brief analysis of the situation, which seems conclusive, he ends: " I say ' try '; if we never try we shall never succeed. . . . If we cannot beat him now when he bears the wastage of coming to us, we never can when we bear the wastage... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1863 - 778 pages
...communications. If he should prevent our seizing his communications, and move towards Richmond, 1 would press closely to him, fight him, if a favorable opportunity..."try;" if we never try we shall never succeed. If he make a stand at Winchester, moving neither north nor south, I would fight him there, on the idea that... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1863 - 770 pages
...communications. If he should prevent our seizing his communications, and move towards Richmond, I would press closely to him, fight him, if a favorable opportunity..."try;" if we never try we shall never succeed. If he make a stand at Winchester, moving neither north nor south, I would fight him there, on the idea that... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...communications. If he should prevent our seizing his communications, and move towards Richmond, I would press closely to him, fight him if a favorable opportunity...: " if we never try, we shall never succeed. If he make a stand at Winchester, moving neither north nor south, I would fight him there, on the idea, that,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...communications. If he should prevent our seizing his communications, and move toward Richmond, I would press closely to him, fight him if a favorable opportunity..."try;" if we never try, we shall never succeed. If he make a stand at Winchester, moving neither north nor south, I would fight him there, on the idea that... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...communications. If he should prevent our seizing his communications, and move toward Richmond, I would press closely to him, fight him if a favorable opportunity..."try;" if we never try, we shall never succeed. If he make a stand at Winchester, moving neither north nor south, I would fight him there, on the idea that... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...communications. If ho should prevent our seizing his communications, and move toward Richmond, I would press closely to him, fight him if a favorable opportunity...present, and at least try to beat him to Richmond on tho inside track. I saj " try;" if we never try, we shall never succeed. If he make a stand at Winchester,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...communications. If he should prevent our seizing his communications, and move toward Richmond, I would press closely to him, fight him if a favorable opportunity...; " if we never try, we shall never succeed. If he make a stand at Winchester, moving neither north nor south, I would fight him there, on the idea that... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...commnnications. If he should prevent our seizing his communications, and move toward Richmond, I wonld press closely to him, fight him if a favorable opportunity..."try'' if we never try, -we shall never succeed. If he make a stand at Winchester, moving neither north, nor south, I would fight him there, on the idea that... | |
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Richmond, I would press closely to him; fight him, if a favorable opportunity should present, and at least try to beat him to Richmond on the inside track. I say "try;" if we never try we shall never succeed. 
