Casket of Reminiscences |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 75
Page 8
... called it , and the extremists of either section , it was believed , had been defeated in their respective schemes of mischief . All Washington was rejoicing over this noble result , and pa- triotic men of all parties were reveling in a ...
... called it , and the extremists of either section , it was believed , had been defeated in their respective schemes of mischief . All Washington was rejoicing over this noble result , and pa- triotic men of all parties were reveling in a ...
Page 11
... called , in- continently took wing and became invisible to our fond and admiring eyes , perchance forever ! The newspapers next morning duly noted this interesting incident , and , much to their credit be it spoken , made none but the ...
... called , in- continently took wing and became invisible to our fond and admiring eyes , perchance forever ! The newspapers next morning duly noted this interesting incident , and , much to their credit be it spoken , made none but the ...
Page 18
... has given me much of gratification and of encouragement as to the future of our country . General Grant was called upon six years ago , in a man- · ner and under circumstances difficult to be resisted by 18 CASKET OF REMINISCENCES .
... has given me much of gratification and of encouragement as to the future of our country . General Grant was called upon six years ago , in a man- · ner and under circumstances difficult to be resisted by 18 CASKET OF REMINISCENCES .
Page 19
... called upon to do a deed of shame ? He indignantly refused to be used as an instru- ment for the perpetration of such injustice and tyranny ; and , with something of the stern and lofty virtue of an Aristides or a Cato , nobly risked ...
... called upon to do a deed of shame ? He indignantly refused to be used as an instru- ment for the perpetration of such injustice and tyranny ; and , with something of the stern and lofty virtue of an Aristides or a Cato , nobly risked ...
Page 20
... called upon to decide . To proceed , then : I had frequently seen Mr. Clay , both before he became Secretary of State , in 1825 , and after- ward , but I had formed no particular personal acquain- tance with him . I had never doubted ...
... called upon to decide . To proceed , then : I had frequently seen Mr. Clay , both before he became Secretary of State , in 1825 , and after- ward , but I had formed no particular personal acquain- tance with him . I had never doubted ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able admiration afterward Andrew Johnson army become Buchanan Cæsar called career cause celebrated character Cicero citizens civil Clay Colonel Colonel White command committee Confederate Confederate Congress confidence Congress Constitution Davis declared Democratic dignity doubt duel election exceedingly fact faction favor Federal feel friends gentleman Government Governor grave hands heard heretofore honor hope Jackson Jefferson Davis Joe Johnston Judge Julius Cæsar knew known learned Lincoln loved manner McNutt ment military mind Mississippi Monroe doctrine never noble occasion occurred once opinion party patriotic peace period personage political Pompey Prentiss present President Presidential question Quitman recollect regard remarkable REMINISCENCE Republic respect Reverdy Johnson Richmond scene seat secession seemed Senate Seward slavery soon South South Carolina Southern speech struggle Tennessee thought tion Union United United States Senate Vicksburg Virginia vote Washington Whig whole
Popular passages
Page 138 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the southern States that by the accession of a Republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...
Page 139 - Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it. Such of you as are now dissatisfied still have the old Constitution unimpaired, and, on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it; while the new Administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either.
Page 138 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 140 - I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better...
Page 139 - It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves: and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause "shall be delivered up
Page 139 - I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself.
Page 139 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time: but no good object can be frustrated by it.
Page 322 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptered sway; It is enthroned in the heart of kings, It is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Page 363 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 171 - General: Since my interview with you on the 18th inst., I have felt that I ought not longer to retain my commission in the army. I therefore tender my resignation, which I request you will recommend for acceptance. It would have been presented at once...