 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
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 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 successes, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 394 pages
...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military successes, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability,... | |
 | 1895 - 630 pages
...spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." Hooker accepted this pointed admonition like a true soldier. His answer was : " He talks to me like... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1895 - 78 pages
...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military successes, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 618 pages
...that both the army and the government needed a dictator. . . . 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. ... I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army of criticising their commander... | |
 | 1899 - 848 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 rink the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither... | |
 | Herman Haupt - 1901 - 350 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...dictatorship. The Government will support you to the extent of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do to all commanders.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...way or kick the other." It was also to Hooker that he wrote : "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." In a letter written in 1859 to a Boston committee he said, in describing a change in party standards:... | |
 | Alexander Kelly McClure - 1901 - 476 pages
...but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. "What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." Lincoln also believed Hooker had not given cordial support to General Burnside when he was in command... | |
 | Herman Haupt - 1901 - 354 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 I now ask of yon is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the extent... | |
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