 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...  Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 7by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Nathan William MacChesney - 1910 - 662 pages
...role, but the President, without shadow of jealousy of any of his subordinates, shrewdly declared, ' ' Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success; I will risk the dictatorship. ' ' The splendid manifestation of popular... | |
 | Frederic Logan Paxson - 1911 - 266 pages
...country needed a dictator, he contented himself with replying: "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." When Grant prepared his orders for his first general campaign in 1864, the President wrote him, "The... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1911 - 170 pages
...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 20 dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1911 - 782 pages
...that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. . . ." The situation of the Confederacy was at this time, however the glamour of Lee's victory may have blinded... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1911 - 790 pages
...that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. . . ." The situation of the Confederacy was at this time, however the glamour of Lee's victory may have blinded... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 538 pages
...that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. ..." The situation of the Confederacy was at this time, however the glamour of Lee's victory may have blinded... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 542 pages
...that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. ..." The situation of the Confederacy was at this time, however the glamour of Lee's victory may have blinded... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1912 - 540 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 success can set up dictators. What 1 now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support... | |
 | John Codman Ropes - 1913 - 360 pages
...spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success...to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more iior less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have... | |
 | Rose Strunsky - 1914 - 392 pages
...dictatorship, that Lincoln decided to try him. He sent him a characteristic letter ending with, " What I ask of you is military success and I will risk the dictatorship." Hooker brought neither success nor the much-talkedof dictatorship. He met Lee in May at Chancellorsville... | |
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