 | Henry Alexander Wise - United States - 1881 - 336 pages
...mi ht have been prevented, but you would not ta e heed!" " Ah, yes," said he ; " you aud my old fi end Judge White are like the old lady 'who knew the...forward, through the sessions of '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, as long as we remained in the House of Representatives, up to February, 1844, Mr. Clay was excessively... | |
 | Henry Alexander Wise - United States - 1881 - 342 pages
...mi ht have been prevented, but you would not ta e heed!" " Ah, yes," said he ; " you and my old fi end Judge White are like the old lady ' who knew the...election." From that time forward, through the sessions of'39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, as long as we remained in the House of Representatives, up to February,... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1887 - 442 pages
...had been warned of the intrigues going on, he replied : " It is a diabolical intrigue, I know now, which has betrayed me. I am the most unfortunate man...when I, or any one, would be sure of an election." The lack of dignity in this explosion of wrath was certainly unbecoming a great leader. But there can... | |
 | Carl Schurz - Legislators - 1887 - 442 pages
...intrigues going on, he replied : " It is a diabolical intrigue, I know now, which has betrayed me. 1 am the most unfortunate man in the history of parties...when I, or any one, would be sure of an election." The lack of dignity in this explosion of wrath was certainly unbecoming a great leader. But there can... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1896 - 980 pages
...not worth the powder and shot it would take to kill them. It is a diabolical intrigue, I know now, which has betrayed me. I am the most unfortunate man...when I, or any one, would be sure of an election.> » This view of his own fate was confirmed strangely by subsequent events. He was nominated unanimously... | |
 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - United States - 1896 - 750 pages
...candidate of the party. " I am the most unfortunate man in the history of parties," he truly remarked: "always run by my friends when sure to be defeated,...and now betrayed for a nomination when I, or any one else, would be sure of an election." THE CAMPAIGN OF 1844. In 1844, however, Clay's opportunity came... | |
 | United States - 1896 - 752 pages
...candidate of the party. " I am the most unfortunate man in the history of parties," he truly remarked : " always run by my friends when sure to be defeated,...and now betrayed for a nomination when I, or any one else, would be sure of an election." THE CAMPAIGN OF 1844. 186 HENRY CLAY. But into the politics of... | |
 | Charles Henry Peck - United States - 1899 - 494 pages
...result when it might have been prevented, hut you would not take heed.' 'Ah! yes,' said he ; ' you and Judge White are like the old lady who knew the cow...and now betrayed for a nomination when I or any one else would be sure of an election ' "—Wise's Seven Decades of the Union, p. 172. 1 "After the adjournment... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 520 pages
...had been warned of the intrigues going on, he replied : " It is a diabolical intrigue, I know now, which has betrayed me. I am the most unfortunate man...when I, or any one, would be sure of an election." The lack of dignity in this explosion of wrath was certainly unbecoming a great leader. But there can... | |
 | Rufus Rockwell Wilson - United States - 1901 - 436 pages
...said he when informed of his defeat, " are not worth the powder and shot it would take to kill them. I am the most unfortunate man in the history of parties,...friends when sure to be defeated, and now betrayed when I or any one else would be sure of an election." Though the nomination of Harrison was as gall... | |
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I am the most unfortunate man in the history of parties : always run by my friends when sure to be defeated, and now betrayed for a nomination when I, or any one, would be sure of an election. 
