 With this high honor, devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need to add, that, with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence.  The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with Biographical ... - Page 338by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 pages
...you Lieutenant-General in the army of the United States. With this high honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein...nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence." To this, General Grant responded as follows : "Mr. President — I accept the commission, with gratitude... | |
 | Charles A. Phelps - 1872 - 404 pages
...responsibility. As the country here intrusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need add, that with what I here speak for the nation goes my own hearty personal concurrence." Gen. Grant, receiving the commission, replied,— " MR. PRESIDENT, — I accept this commission with... | |
 | Malcolm McGregor Dana - Norwich (Conn. : Town) - 1873 - 438 pages
...a Lieutenant-general in the Army of the United States. With this high honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein...sustain you. I scarcely need to add, that with what I have spoken for the nation goes my own hearty personal concurrence." To which General Grant responded... | |
 | Malcolm McGregor Dana - Norwich (Conn. : Town) - 1873 - 432 pages
...a Lieutenant-general in the Army of the United States. With this high honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein...sustain you. I scarcely need to add, that with what I have spoken for the nation goes my own hearty personal concurrence." To which General Grant responded... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...responsibility. As the country herein trusts yon, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need to tidd that, with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence." To this Lleutenont-General Grant replied : " Mr. President, I accept the commlwlon with gratitude for... | |
 | James Baird McClure - 1879 - 260 pages
...lieutenant-general in the Army of the United States. With this high honor, devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein...nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence." Grant read, from a paper, this reply: " Mr. President, I accept the commission, with gratitude, for... | |
 | James Baird McClure - 1879 - 250 pages
...lieutenant-general in the; Army of the United States. With this high honor, devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein...what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty perscmal concurrence." Grant read, from a paper, this reply: " Mr. President, I accept the commission,... | |
 | J. T. Headley - Biography & Autobiography - 1879 - 888 pages
...lieutenant-general in the Army of the United States. With this high honor devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein...so, under God, it: will sustain you. I scarcely need add, that, with what I here speak for the country, goes my own hearty personal concurrence." To which... | |
 | Julian K. Larke - Biography & Autobiography - 1879 - 538 pages
...Lieutenant-General in the army of the United States. With this high honor devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. .1 scarcely need to add, that with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1880 - 646 pages
...devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, uuder God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need to add,...the nation goes my own hearty personal concurrence." ' One of his first acts when this promotion was notified to him was to write to Sherman to say how... | |
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