 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...Government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I gave you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can...withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit... | |
 | 1917 - 996 pages
...successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is success, and I will risk the dictatorship. I much fear that the spirit, which you have aided to infuse into the Army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist... | |
 | John Lindsay Swift - 1880 - 218 pages
...— GRANT'S Speech on receiving Commission as Lieutenant General. CHAPTER VII. CLOSING THE GAPS. " I MUCH fear that the spirit which you have aided to...into the army, of criticising their commander and withdrawing confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 476 pages
...dictators. What i now ask of you is military success, and i will risk the dictatorship. The government wHl support you to the utmost of its ability, which is...spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 554 pages
...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...spirit, which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 548 pages
...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...spirit, which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 782 pages
...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...spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 pages
...dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less thon it has done and will do for all commanders. I much...criticising their commander and withholding confidence in him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you, as far as I can, to put it down. Neither you, nor... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 394 pages
...letter has, in my judgment, no parallel. The mistaken magnanimity is almost equal to the prophecy: " I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their command and withholding confidence in him, will now turn upon you." Chancellorsville was the fulfillment.... | |
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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. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and... 
