... and keep the peace, and not so strong as to unnecessarily harass and persecute the people. It is a difficult role, and so much greater will be the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about... Abraham Lincoln: A History - Page 202by John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890Full view - About this book
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. This action gave special dissatisfaction to the more radical Unionists of... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. This action gave special dissatisfaction to the more radical Unionists of... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. The two concluding sentences of this characteristic letter afford a key to... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. The two concluding sentences of this characteristic letter afford a key to... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. This action gave special dissatisfaction to the more radical Unionists of... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. " Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN." THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN CALLED FOR. " WHEREAS, »The term of service... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. " Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN." THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN CALLED FOR. "WHEREAS, The term of service of... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...be the honor if you perform it well. If both factions or neither shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. At this action the Germans of St. Louis thought proper to take umbrage ; and... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. This action gave special dissatisfaction to the more radical Unionists of... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...the honor if you perform it well. If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably bo about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. This action gave special dissatisfaction to the more radical Unionists of... | |
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