 Mr. President, I accept the commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought in so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations. I feel...  Life and Services of General U.S. Grant: Conqueror of the Rebellion, and ... - Page 80by Republican National Party, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) National committee, 1868-1872, Republican Party (U S. 1854- ). Nationa - 1868 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...concurrence." Gen. Grant, in simple but pertinent language, replied, as follows : " MB. PRESIDENT : — I accept the commission with gratitude for the high...With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations.... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...with gratitude for llic high honor conferred. With the nid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectation. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving upon me and I know that if... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence." General Grant said, in reply : " Mr. President — I accept the commission with gratitude for the high...With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations.... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...concurrence." Gen. Grant replied, in perhaps the longest speech he ever made, as follows : " Mi:. PRESIDENT : . on so many battle-fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your... | |
 | Charles Wheeler Denison - Generals - 1864 - 358 pages
...here speak for the nation goes my own hearty personal concurrence." " MR. PRESIDENT, — I accept this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies who have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1864 - 424 pages
...commission from the President, and made the following modest answer : " MR. PRESIDENT : I accept this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies who have fought on so many battle fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be...disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving on me, and I know that if they are met, it will be due to those armies... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...hearty personal concurrence." To which General Grant replied as follows : — "Mu. PRESIDENT : — I accept the commission with gratitude for the high..."With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 866 pages
...goes my own hearty personal concurrence. To which Gen. Grant replied : MB. PRESIDENT : I accept this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred....With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 870 pages
...goes my own hearty personal concurrence. To which Gen. Grant replied : MR. PRESIDENT: I accept this of restoration." That is to say, the President is...resolved that people ehill not by t<iw take any securi on so many fields for our common country, it wilfbe my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations.... | |
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