 | Charles Henry Grasty - World War, 1914-1918 - 1918 - 376 pages
...the end of 1864. On careful consideration of all the evidence, it seems to me that no attempt at any negotiation with the insurgent leader could result...He would accept nothing short of severance of the Union—precisely what we will not and cannot give. His declarations to this effect are explicit and... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1920 - 362 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 effect are explicit pnd oft repeated. He does not attempt to... | |
 | Nathaniel Wright Stephenson - Presidents - 1922 - 512 pages
...their bright swords. As Lincoln subsequently, in his perfect clarity of speech, represented Pa vis- "He would accept nothing short of severance of the Union — precisely what we will not and can not give. . . . He does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves.... | |
 | William Henry Skaggs - Southern States - 1924 - 522 pages
...believe, unchangeable. ... On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible, it seems to mo that no attempt at negotiation with the insurgent...Union — precisely what we will not and cannot give. . . . 36 Between him and us the issue is distinct, simple, and inflexible. It is an issue which can... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Presidents - 1925 - 566 pages
...plain duty of the nation. The victory at the polls was also virtually a victory upon the battle-field: On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible,...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. He cannot... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Presidents - 1925 - 564 pages
...plain duty of the nation. The victory at the polls was also virtually a victory upon the battle-field : On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible,...will not and cannot give. His declarations to this effett are explicit and oft repeated. He does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - Presidents - 1917 - 518 pages
...give up the Union. Passing then to the means by which the Union could be made to prevail he wrote : " On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible...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... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 1152 pages
...plain duty of the nation. The victory at the polls was also virtually a victory upon the battle-field : could result in any good. He would accept nothing...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. He cannot... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 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 oftrepeated. He does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. He cannot voluntarily... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 724 pages
...avoided Jefferson Davis 's name and never referred to him as President of the Confederate States — "could result in any good. He would accept nothing...Union — precisely what we will not and cannot give." But, the President continued: "What is true ... of him who heads the insurgent cause, is not necessarily... | |
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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... 
