| Ulysses Simpson Grant - Generals - 1885 - 686 pages
...peace ; the meeting proposed for ten AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, general, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself,...South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.... | |
| Penrose G. Mark - United States - 1911 - 616 pages
...simplicity; "l have no anthority to treat on the subjeet of peace * * • The terms on which peace can he hnd are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed."... | |
| Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier - United States - 1911 - 372 pages
...repeating the terms of surrender, and closed by saying, " The terms upon which peace can be had at-e well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.... | |
| Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 468 pages
...peace. The meeting proposed for 10 AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, general, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself,...South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.... | |
| American essays - 1912 - 900 pages
...proposed for 10 AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, that I am equally desirous for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains...understood. By -the South laying down their arms, they would hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of... | |
| Morris Schaff - Appomattox Campaign, 1865 - 1912 - 338 pages
...proposed for ten AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, that I am equally desirous for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains...understood. By the South laying down their arms, they would hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of... | |
| Franklin Spencer Edmonds - Biography & Autobiography - 1915 - 396 pages
...peace ; the meeting proposed for ten AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself,...South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.... | |
| Education - 1915 - 640 pages
...peace, the meeting proposed for ten AM today could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself,...South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.... | |
| James Harrison Wilson - Generals - 1916 - 550 pages
...however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace, with yourself, and the whole North entertain the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be...are well understood. By the South laying down their an ' hasten that most desirable event, sav. --s of h ^ hundre >f millions of property not yet destroyed.... | |
| James Harrison Wilson - Law - 1916 - 534 pages
...the meeting proposed by you for 10 AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace, with yourself, and the whole North entertain the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South... | |
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