Abraham Lincoln and the Hooker Letter: An AddressBowling Green Press, 1928 - 29 pages |
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Page 24 - I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it ; and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 24 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 23 - I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during...
Page 23 - I believe you to be a brave and a skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable limits, does good rather than harm. But I think that during Gen. Burnside's command of the Army, you have taken counsel of your...
Page 23 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Page 23 - I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I...
Page 19 - End this murderous holocaust; Abraham Lincoln, give us a Man! "Give us a man of God's own mould, Born to marshal his fellow-men ; One whose fame is not bought and sold At the stroke of a politician's pen; Give us the man of thousands ten, Fit to do as well as to plan; Give us a rallying-cry, and then, Abraham Lincoln, give us a Man!
Page 3 - Barton, William E. Abraham Lincoln and the Hooker letter; an address . . . delivered before the Pennell club of Philadelphia at a dinner given in the Union league club; with a foreword by William A. Carr.
Page 27 - Hooker read on, he came to this sentence: "You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think during Burnside's command of the army you took counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer.
Page 13 - ... arrested in Washington, DC, by a provost guard, and confined in Fort Lafayette, NY, for 189 days, when he was set at liberty under the requirement of an act of congress, passed July 17, 1862, forbidding the detention of any officer or soldier, more than thirty days without charges. On the appointment of General Hooker to the command of the Army of the Potomac, he applied for General Stone for his chief of staff, but through some influence at Washington the appointment was refused. In May, 1863,...