 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...heart 1 have always Kiip]x**ed to he. right. As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing," as you nay, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would— save the Union. I would save it in tho shortest way uudeP the Constitution. The ноопег the, national authority can bo restored,... | |
 | Timothy Thomas Fortune - African Americans - 1884 - 324 pages
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I seem to be pursuing, as you say,...be restored, the nearer the Union will be the Union it was. * * * If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time destroy... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Illustrated books - 1885 - 476 pages
...dictatorial tone, i waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart i have always supposed to be right. As to the policy " i seem to be pursuing," as you...in doubt. i would save the Union. i would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Michigan - 1885 - 396 pages
...sentences his policy and purpose at that time. "I would," he said, "save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the sooner the Union will be ' the Union as it was.' If there be those who would not save the Union unless... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. "As to the policy I ' seem to be pursuing,' as you...in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. " The sooner the national authority can be restored, the... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. " As to the policy I ' seem to be pursuing,' as you...in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. " The sooner the national authority can be restored, the... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - History - 1888 - 574 pages
...tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. . . . As to the policy I 'seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. . . . My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could... | |
 | 1889 - 1016 pages
...it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy 1 "seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant...the nearer the Union will be — "the Union as it was."2 If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery,... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 598 pages
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I " seem to be pursuing," as you...the nearer the Union will be " the Union as it was." 1 If there be those who would 1 This letter was first printed the phrase, "Broken eggs can in the "National... | |
 | United States - 1890 - 724 pages
...dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy, I ' seem to be pursuing,' as you...in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. ... If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves,... | |
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I do not now and here argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I " seem to be pursuing," as you say,... 
