 | Michigan. Legislature. Senate - Legislative journals - 1891 - 916 pages
...fragment of it survives." He asked to be relieved the moment the State determined to secede, declaring: "On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old government of the United States." Thus early, January 18, 1801, on the altar of patriotism he offered... | |
 | Thomas Clement Fletcher - Generals - 1891 - 534 pages
...when the first rumblings of secession were heard in the Louisiana sky, he wrote to Governor Moore : 1 On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to the old government of the United States/ " When in the field, therefore, he smote with all the might... | |
 | Thomas Clement Fletcher - Generals - 1891 - 518 pages
...when the first rumblings of secession were heard in the Louisiana sky, he wrote to Governor Moore: ' On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to the old government of the United States.' " When in the field, therefore, he smote with all the might... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1892 - 958 pages
...l.miiii:iii;i, in January, 1801, in a letter to Governor Moore, of that State, in which IIH Hiilrt : "On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the whole Government of the United States. I prefer to maintain my allegiance to the Constitution as long... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - Legislators - 1892 - 96 pages
...maintain my allegiance to the Constitution as long as a fragment of it survives. * * * On no earthlv tf account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old government of the United States/' Events move rapidly in revolutions, and the situations are alwavs... | |
 | United States. Board of Ordnance and Fortification - Coast defenses - 1892 - 300 pages
...school in Louisiana, in January, 1861, in a letter to Governor Moore, of that State, in which ho said: "On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or iu defiance of the whole Government of the United States. I prefer to maintain my allegiance to the... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1892 - 630 pages
...when the first rumblings of secession was heard in the Louisiana sky, he wrote to Governor Moore : — On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to the old government of the United States." When in the field, therefore, he smote with all the might... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - United States - 1894 - 456 pages
...letter to Governor Moore at Baton Rouge, of which this is a copy: — i Meaning the letter of the 6th. " Sir: As I occupy a quasi military position under the...be made to Southern politicians for their nervous anxiety about their political power and the safety of slaves. I think that the constitution should... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - United States - 1894 - 430 pages
...over the main door: ' By the liberality of the General Government. The Union Esto perpetua.' Eecent events foreshadow a great change, and it becomes all...be made to Southern politicians for their nervous anxiety about their political power and the safety of slaves. I think that the constitution should... | |
 | Chauncey Mitchell Depew - Speeches (American) - 1894 - 548 pages
...Union I prefer to maintain my allegiance to the Constitution as long as a fragment of it survives. . . On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States." Events move rapidly in revolutions, and the situations are always... | |
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And furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent the moment the State determines to secede; for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance... 
