 | William Parker Snow - Confederate States of America - 1865 - 924 pages
...scabbards except in self-defence, or in defence of the rights and liberties of their country, and, that if drawn for the latter purpose, they should fall...upon the implied condition that we know you will keep it to the letter and in spirit, that you will draw it only in defence, and that you will fall with... | |
 | William Parker Snow - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 576 pages
...scabbards except in self-defence, or in defence of the rights and liberties of their country, and, that if drawn for the latter purpose, they should fall...Yesterday your mother, Virginia, placed her sword in join hand, upon the implied condition that we know you will keep it to the letter and in spirit, that... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 864 pages
...scabbards except in self-defence, or in defence of the rights and liberties of their country, and, that if drawn for the latter purpose, they should fall...upon the implied condition that we know you will keep it to the letter and in spirit, that you will draw it only in defence, and that you will fall with... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 894 pages
...scabbards except in self-defence, or in defence of the rights and liberties of their country, and, that if drawn for the latter purpose, they should fall...upon the implied condition that we know you will keep it to the letter and in spirit, that you will draw it only in defence, and that you will fall with... | |
 | William Parker Snow - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 598 pages
...scabbards except in self-defence, or in ^defence of the rights and liberties of their country, and, that if drawn for the latter purpose, they should fall...Yesterday your mother, Virginia, placed her sword in yonr hand, upon the implied condition that we know you will keep it to the letter and in spirit, that... | |
 | James D. McCabe - Generals - 1866 - 752 pages
...scabbards except in self defence, or in defence of the rights and liberties of their country ; and that, if drawn for the latter purpose, they should fall...them in their hands, rather than relinquish them. To this address General Lee replied : — "Mr. President and gentlemen of the Convention: — Profoundly... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1871 - 936 pages
...scabbards except in self-defence, or in defence of the rights and liberties of their country, and, that if drawn for the latter purpose, they should fall...upon the implied condition that we know you will keep it to the letter and in spirit, that you will draw it only in defence, and that you will fall with... | |
 | John William Jones - Generals - 1875 - 586 pages
...will have earned the still prouder distinction of being ' first in the hearts of your countrymen.' " Yesterday your mother, Virginia, placed her sword...letter and in spirit, that you will draw it only in defense, and that you will fall with it in your hand rather than that the object for which it was placed... | |
 | Lee Memorial Association - Lee Statue (Lexington, Va.) - 1883 - 92 pages
...will have earned the still prouder distinction of being 'first in the hearts of your countrymen.' " Yesterday your mother, Virginia, placed her sword...upon the implied condition that we know you will keep in letter and in spirit: that you will draw it only in defence, and that you will fall with it in your... | |
 | Lee Memorial Association - Lee Statue (Lexington, Va.) - 1883 - 92 pages
...will have earned the still .prouder distinction of being 'first in the hearts of your countrymen.' " Yesterday your mother, Virginia, placed her sword...upon the implied condition that we know you will keep in letter and in spirit : that you will draw it only in defence, and that you will fall with it in... | |
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... and that you will fall with it in your hand rather than the object for which it was placed there shall fail. 
