 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 pages
...further attempts at negotiation would be of avail. Speaking of " the insurgent leader," he said, " he would accept nothing short of severance of the...Union, — precisely what we will not and cannot give Between him and us the issue is distinct, simple, and inflexible. It is an issue which can only be... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1880 - 680 pages
...gaining strength, and could, if need were, maintain the contest indefinitely. It appeared to him that MO attempt at negotiation with the insurgent leader could result in any good. He (Mr. Davis) would accept nothing short of the severance of the Union, and that was exactly what the... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...Jefferson Davis of his unchangeable opposition to accept anything short of severance from the Union, " no attempt at negotiation with the Insurgent leader could result in any good," he appealed to the other Insurgents to come back to the fold — the door of amnesty and pardon, being... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...unchanged, and, as we believe, unchangeable. The manner of continuing the effort remains to choose. On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible,...insurgent leader could result in any good. He would accept of nothing short of the severance of the Union. His declarations to this effect are explicit and oft-repeated.... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 554 pages
...unchanged, and, as we believe, unchangeable. The manner of continuing the effort remains to choose. On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible,...declarations to this effect are explicit and oft-repeated. He does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. He cannot voluntarily... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 558 pages
...continuing the effort remains to choose. On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible, it scems to me that no attempt at negotiation with the insurgent...declarations to this effect are explicit and oft-repeated. He does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. He cannot voluntarily... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 pages
...unchanged, and, as we believe, unchangeable. The manner of continuing the effort remains to choose. On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible,...severance of the Union — precisely what we will not and can not give. His declarations to this eflect 34 are explicit and oft-repeated. He does not attempt... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...unchangeable. The manner of continuing the effort remains to choose. On careful consideration of nil the evidence accessible, it seems to me that no attempt...severance of the Union — precisely what we will not and can not give. His declarations to this elleut 34 are explicit and oft-repeated. He does not attempt... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...to re-establish and maintain the national anthority is unchanged, and, us we believe, unchangeable. It seems to me that no attempt at negotiation with...give. His declarations to this effect are explicit and oft repeated. lIe does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. Retween... | |
 | charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...is unchanged, and, as we believe, unchangeable. It seems to me that no attempt at negotiation,with the insurgent leader could result in any good. He...give. His declarations to this effect are explicit and oft repeated. He does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. Between... | |
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On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible, it seems to me that no attempt at negotiation with the insurgent leader could result in any good. He would accept nothing short of severance of the Union — precisely what we will not and cannot... 
