 | James Dabney McCabe - 1868 - 522 pages
...not doubt that it contained your full case as you desired to present it. It contained the figures for twelve districts, omitting the other nineteen, as...In doing so, I laid down the principle to which I propose adhering, which is to proceed with the draft, at the same time employing infallible means to... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1868 - 538 pages
...not doubt that it contained your full case as you desired to present it. It contained the figures for twelve districts, omitting the other nineteen, as...In doing so, I laid down the principle to which I propose adhering, which is to proceed with the draft, at the same time employing infallible means to... | |
 | Ellis Henry Roberts - New York (State) - 1887 - 482 pages
...of the enrollment, and President Lincoln ordered modifications August 11, announcing his purpose " to proceed with the draft, at the same time employing infallible means to avoid any great wrong," and finally a deduction of 13,000 was made from the quota originally required of New York. General... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 548 pages
...Governor Seymour's full demand, laying down the principle to which he proposed adhering, which was " to proceed with the draft, at the same time employing infallible means to avoid any great wrongs." He therefore arbitrarily reduced the quotas of several additional districts to the minimum... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 554 pages
...Governor Seymour's full demand, laying down the principle to which he proposed adhering, which was " to proceed with the draft, at the same time employing infallible means to avoid any great wrongs." He therefore arbitrarily reduced the quotas of several additional districts to the minimum... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...twelve districts, omitting the other nineteen, as I suppose, because you found nothing to complain of ai to them. I answered accordingly. In doing so I laid...received to-day you send figures for twenty-eight districts, including the twelve sent before, and still omitting three, for which I suppose the enrolments... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 854 pages
...did not doubt that it contained your full case as you desired to present it. It contained figures for twelve districts, omitting the other nineteen, as...time employing infallible means to avoid any great wrongs. With the communication received to-day you send figures for twenty-eight districts including... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 pages
...not doubt that it contained yoiir full case as you desired to present it. It contained figures for twelve districts, omitting the other nineteen, as...adhering, which is to proceed with the draft, at the same tune employing infallible means to avoid any great wrongs. With the communication received to-day you... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 394 pages
...did not doubt that it contained your full case as you desired to present it. It contained figures for twelve districts, omitting the other nineteen, as...time employing infallible means to avoid any great wrongs. With the communication received to-day you send figures for twenty-eight districts including... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 332 pages
...did not doubt that it contained your full case as you desired to present it. It contained figures for twelve districts, omitting the other nineteen, as...time employing infallible means to avoid any great wrongs. [Here follow statistics of the quotas of the various districts. ] No part of my former letter... | |
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I supposed, because you found nothing to complain of as to them. I answered accordingly. In doing so I laid down the principle to which I purpose adhering, which is to proceed with the draft, at the same time employing infallible means to avoid any great... 
