 | Daniel Wait Howe - United States - 1902 - 444 pages
...soldiers over whom he had taken command. In this address, together with much like stuff, Pope said : "Let us understand each other. I have come to you...enemies; from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found ; whose policy has been attack and not defense Meantime... | |
 | George Francis Robert Henderson - Confederate States of America - 1904 - 592 pages
...McClellan's army. 'I have come to you,' he said to his soldiers, ' from the West, where we have always Been the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence. . . . I presume... | |
 | Alonzo Rothschild - History - 1906 - 576 pages
...most objectionable utterance was the Address to the Army, dated July 14, 1862. In this be said : — " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...— from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when he was found; whose policy has been attack and uot defence. In... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - World history - 1906 - 766 pages
...his new command by issuing a grandiloquent proclamation to the officers and men under him, saying, " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...— from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when found. I presume that I have been called here to pursue the same... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1906 - 622 pages
...in it " a feeling of confidence and a cheerful spirit which were sadly wanting," 6 he announced : " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...; from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found. ... I presume that I have been called here to pursue... | |
 | Walter Herron Taylor - United States - 1906 - 368 pages
...overtake and overwhelm him. He announced to his troops, by way of a suitable introduction of himself: " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...enemies, from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary and beat him when found, whose policy has been attack, not defense. I presume I have... | |
 | John William Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 504 pages
...operations, and in placing you in positions from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come from the West, where we have always seen the backs...— from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found ; whose policy has been attack and not defense. In but one... | |
 | History - 1906 - 432 pages
...he should advance. To inspirit his little army and impress the enemy, he issued an order saying: " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...backs of our enemies — from an army whose business t was to seek the adversary and beat him when found ; whose policy has been attack and not defense."... | |
 | Samuel Livingston French - History - 1906 - 382 pages
...promptly and to the purpose. These labors are nearly completed, and I am about to join you in the field. Let us understand each other. I have come to you from...where we have always seen the backs of our enemies ; and from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found... | |
 | John William Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 502 pages
...operations, and in placing you in positions from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies—from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found;... | |
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I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence. 
