 And furthermore, as president of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent, the moment the State determines to secede, for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in...  Men and Things I Saw in Civil War Days - Page 374by James Fowler Rusling - 1899 - 411 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - 1897 - 272 pages
...the general scheme of secession, his answer was short and decisive, and concluded in these words: " On no earthly account, will I do any act or think...defiance of the old government of the United States." My fellow-countrymen, the simple faith and the unfaltering loyalty manifested in these words is cherished... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1865 - 410 pages
...Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent the moment the State determines to secede ; for on no earthly account will...Government of the United States. ' " With great respect, &c., " (Signed) WT SHERMAN." What a scorching rebuke is that in the first paragraph ! How sublimely... | |
 | Faunt Le Roy Senour - 1865 - 736 pages
...Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as Superintendent the moment the State determines to secede ; for on no earthly account will...Government of the United States. " With Great Respect, &o., "WT SHERMAN." INCIDENTS. When Sherman was a member of the Hon. Mr. Swing's family, it is said... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 574 pages
...Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent the moment the State determines to secede ; for on no earthly account will...defiance of the old Government of the United States." His resignation was, of course, promptly accepted, and he at once returned to St. Louis. In consequence... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 568 pages
...Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent the moment the State determines to secede ; for on no earthly account will...defiance of the old Government of the United States." His resignation was, of course, promptly accepted, and he at once returned to St. Louis. In consequence... | |
 | Thomas M. Stevenson - 1865 - 368 pages
...were getting control of the South. " On no earthly account, " he wrote to the Governor of Louisiana, "will I do any act, or think any thought, hostile...defiance of the old government of the United States. " Such was the emphatic language of this true patriot. He went to Washington and was made Colonel,... | |
 | 1866 - 672 pages
...survives. .... " I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as Superintendent the moment the State determines to secede ; for on no earthly account will...defiance of, the old government of the United States." It is curious to remember that it was the man who wrote this letter, — and who wrote it in the far... | |
 | 1866 - 662 pages
...survives. .... " I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as Superintendent the moment the State determines to secede; for on no earthly account will...defiance of, the old government of the United States." It is curious to remember that it was the man who wrote this letter, — and who wrote it in the far... | |
 | George Whitfield Pepper - 1866 - 538 pages
...letter to Governor Moore, resigning the position, furnishes the secret of his subsequent .fame : " For on no earthly account will I do any act, or think...defiance of the old Government of the United States." Like thousands of his countrymen, he regarded the cause of slavery, to a certain extent, as being identified... | |
 | Linus Pierpont Brockett - 1866 - 316 pages
...respect, &c., (Signed) WT SHEBMAN. "Inhere spoke the true hero and patriot, " On no earthlyaccount will I do any act, or think any thought, hostile to...defiance of the old Government of the United States." The same principle ha's actuated him in all his subsequent career. Other generals, both in the East... | |
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