 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...you. " You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath regif ered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall...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... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - History - 1863 - 554 pages
...of any stirring appeal to the patriotism of the people. Still, the closing paragraphs, " I am loth to close. We are not enemies but friends. We must...our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battle field and patriot's grave to every living heart and hearthstone, all over... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1863 - 598 pages
...civil м-аг. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven...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... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven...solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passions may have... | |
 | JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE - 1863 - 920 pages
...of civil war. The Government will not assail you; you can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the govern* Quoted from memory. COMFORT IN TRIBULATION. 17 ment, while I shall have the most solemn one... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...Government; while 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...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cord of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Robert Livingston Stanton - History - 1864 - 576 pages
...of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven...solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it. 1 I am loath to close. We are not .enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...of civil war. The Government will not assail y^u. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven...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... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...civil war. The Government will not assail you. " You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven...solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend it.' " I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may... | |
 | William Darrah Kelley - United States - 1864 - 92 pages
...of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven...solemn one to ''preserve, protect, and defend it.' " Before he had called for a soldier, before he had the power to give an order with reference to a... | |
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I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' " 1 am loath 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... 
