 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...difficulty ; that we would find the same enemy, and the same or equal intrenchments, at either place. TJie country will not fail to note, is now noting, that the present Jicsitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated. " I beg to assure... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...was only shifting and not surmounting a difficulty ; that we would find the same enemy, anc the same or equal intrenchments, at either place. The country...move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Mauassas repeated. 1 beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...was only shifting and not surmounting a difficulty ; that we would find the same enemy and the same or equal intrenchments at either place. The country...move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Mauassas repeated. " I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater... | |
 | charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...was only shifting and not surmounting a difficulty : that we would find the same enemy and the same or equal intrenchments at either place. The country...move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Man«»aii repeated. " I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 pages
...was only shifting and not surmounting a difficulty ; thut we would find the same enemy and the same or equal intrenchments at either place. The country...upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repealed. " I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness... | |
 | Charles E. Davis - United States - 1893 - 570 pages
...or equ.il intrenchments, at either place. The country will nut fail to note — is now noting—that the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched...repeated. I beg to assure you that I have never written to you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain... | |
 | Charles E. Davis - United States - 1894 - 562 pages
...was only shifting, and not surmounting a difficulty; that we would find the same enemy, and the same or equal intrenchments, at either place. The country...repeated. I beg to assure you that I have never written to you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain... | |
 | Charles E. Davis - United States - 1894 - 564 pages
...would find the same enemy, and the same or equal intrenchments, at either place. The country will nut fail to note — is now noting — that the present...repeated. I beg to assure you that I have never written to you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 394 pages
...was only shifting and not surmounting a difficulty; that we would find the same enemy and the same or equal intrenchments at either place. The country will not fail to note — is noting now — that the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 pages
...was only shifting and not surmounting a difficulty ; that we would find the same enemy and the same or equal intrenchments at either place. The country will not fail to note — is noting now — that the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas... | |
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I am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always insisted that going down the bay in search of a field, instead of fighting at or ne'ar Manassas, was only shifting, and not surmounting, a difficulty; that we would find the... 
