 In coming to us he tenders us an advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the...  Following the Flag - Page 215by Charles Carleton Coffin - 1886 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the enemy where...again being within the intrenchments of Richmond. Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility of supplying from the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1863 - 778 pages
...drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the enemy where...again being within the intrenchments of Richmond. " Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility of supplying from the... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the enemy where...again being within the intrenchments of Richmond. Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility of supplying from the... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the enemy where...again being within the intrenchments of Richmond. Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility of supplying from the... | |
 | William Henry Hurlbert - 1864 - 344 pages
...evolved from the depths of the presidential mind ! Again said the presidential commander-in-chief, " if we cannot beat the enemy where he now is we never can." This dogma was the more discouraging that neither the President nor General McClellan himself exactly... | |
 | William Henry Hurlbert - History - 1864 - 324 pages
...evolved from the depths of the presidential mind ! Again said the presidential commander-in-chief, " if we cannot beat the enemy where he now is we never can." This dogma was the more discouraging that neither the President nor General McClellan himself exactly... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the enemy where he now'is, we never can, he again being within the intrenchments of Richmond. Recurring to the idea of... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...him away. As we must beat him some where, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to t freeing any slave, I woulil do it; and if I could...freeing all Hie slaves, I would do it; and if I c at Richmond. " Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility of supplying... | |
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