 | William Tecumseh Sherman - United States - 1891 - 646 pages
...pages of its dark history. In the name of common-sense, I ask yon not to appeal to a just God in tnch a sacrilegious manner. You who, in the midst of peace...that were left in the honorable custody of peaceful ordnance-sergeants, seized and made " prisoners of war " the very garrisons sent to protect your people... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - United States - 1891 - 488 pages
...and prosperity, have plunged a nation into war — dark and cruel war — who dared and badN gered us to battle, insulted our flag, seized our arsenals...that were left in the honorable custody of peaceful ordnance-sergeants, seized and made " prisoners of war " the very garrisons sent to protect your people... | |
 | Willis Fletcher Johnson - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1891 - 632 pages
...and prosperity, have plunged a nation into war, dark and cruel war ; who dared and badgered us into battle ; insulted our flag ,- seized our arsenals...and forts that were left in the honorable custody of a peaceful ordinance sergeant ; seized and made prisoners even the very first garrisons sent to protect... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1892 - 630 pages
...plunged a nation into war — dark and cruel war — who dared and badgered us to battle, insulted oar flag, seized our arsenals and forts, that were left in the honorable custody of ordnance-sergeants, seized and made "prisoners of war" the very garrisons sent to protect your people... | |
 | Thomas Babe - Drama - 1977 - 68 pages
...that at the moment. MRS. ROBARTS. (Quoting) "In the midst of peace and prosperity, it was the South who dared and badgered us to battle, insulted our flag, seized our arsenals and forts, expelled Union families by the thousand, burned their houses. To be sure. I have made war vindictively;... | |
 | Lloyd Lewis - History - 1993 - 744 pages
...barbarians who thus, as you say, violate the laws of war, as illustrated in the pages of its dark history. have plunged a nation into war — dark and cruel...battle, insulted our flag, seized our arsenals and forts . . . falsified the vote of Louisiana; turned loose your privateers to plunder unarmed ships; expelled... | |
 | Adam I. P. Smith - History - 2006 - 280 pages
...sacrilegious manner — you, who, in the midst of peace and prosperity, have plunged a nation into civil war, 'dark and cruel' war, who dared and badgered...and forts that were left in the honorable custody of a peaceful ordnance sergeant, seized and made prisoners of war the very garrisons sent to protect your... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1866 - 828 pages
...sacrilegious manner — you, who, in the midst of peace and prosperity, have plunged a nation into civil war, 'dark and cruel war;' who dared and badgered...and forts that were left in the honorable custody of a peaceful ordnance sergeant; seized and made prisoners of war the very garrisons sent to protect your... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1861 - 668 pages
...in the midst of peace and prosperity, have plunged a nation into civil war, ' dark and cruel war,7 who dared and badgered us to battle, insulted our...and forts that were left in the honorable custody of a peaceful ordnance serjeant, seized and made prisoners of war the very garrisons sent to protect your... | |
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In the name of common sense, I ask you not to appeal to a just God in such a sacrilegious manner. You, who in the midst of peace and prosperity have plunged a nation into war, dark and cruel war... 
