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" It is a bad state of things, but neither the President, his counsellors nor his commanding general seem to care. They rush on from expense to expense and from defeat to defeat, heedless of the abyss of bankruptcy and ruin which yawns before us — so... "
Annual Report of the American Historical Association - Page 76
by American Historical Association - 1903
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The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase, United States Senator ...

Jacob William Schuckers - 1874 - 714 pages
...forced to rely on an increased issue of United States notes, -which hurts almost as much as it helps " Went over to the War Department about two. Found that...had been received. The Secretary informed me that he had heard from General H. that the President is going out to see General McClellan ; and commented...
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An Account of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon ..., Part 1

Robert Bruce Warden - 1874 - 872 pages
...things; but neither the President, his counselors, nor his commanding " general, seem to care/ They rush on from expense to expense, and from defeat to...abyss of bankruptcy and ruin which yawns before us. May God open the eyes of those who control us, before it is too late ! " Went over to the War Department...
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An Account of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon ..., Part 1

Robert Bruce Warden - 1874 - 868 pages
...of things; but neither the President, his counselors, nor his commanding general, seem to care. They rush on from expense to expense, and from defeat to defeat, heedless of the abyss of bankruptcy and rain which yawns before us. May God open the eyes of those who control us, before it is too late !...
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Annual Report of the American Historical Association

American Historical Association - 1903 - 536 pages
...of things, but neither the President, his counsellors nor his commanding general seem to care. They rush on from expense to expense and from defeat to...open the eyes of those who control, before it is too latel Went over to the War Department about two. Found that no important intelligence of rebel movements...
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850: 1862-1864

James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 594 pages
...of things; but neither the President, his counsellors, nor his commanding general seem to care. They rush on from expense to expense and from defeat to...abyss of bankruptcy and ruin which yawns before us. May God open the eyes of those who control us, before it is too late." 1 There is no evidence that...
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... Salmon Portland Chase

Albert Bushnell Hart - 1899 - 504 pages
...things ; but neither the President, his councilors, nor his commanding generals seem to care. They rush on from expense to expense, and from defeat to...abyss of bankruptcy and ruin which yawns before us. May God open the eyes of those who control us before it is too late ! " To John Sherman he wrote, September...
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Annual Report of the American Historical Association

American Historical Association - 1903 - 540 pages
...of things, but neither the President, his counsellors nor his commanding general seem to care. They rush on from expense to expense and from defeat to...had been received. The Secretary informed me that /'i• liad heard from Genl. H. that the President is going out to see Genl. McClellan; and commented...
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Lincoln, Master of Men: A Study in Character

Alonzo Rothschild - 1906 - 576 pages
...of things ; but neither the President, his counselors, nor his commanding general seem to care. They rush on from expense to expense, and from defeat to...engulf us. May God open the eyes of those who control us, before it is too late ! " M And a letter addressed, some months later, to Wayne McVeagh contained...
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the Final ...

James Ford Rhodes - 1906 - 622 pages
...of things; but neither the President, his counsellors, nor his commanding general seem to care. They rush on from expense to expense and from defeat to...abyss of bankruptcy and ruin which yawns before us. May God open the eyes of those who control us, before it is too late." * There is no evidence that...
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Salmon P. Chase: A Life in Politics

Frederick J. Blue - 1987 - 452 pages
...that "neither the President, his counsellors nor his commanding general seem to care." Instead, "they rush on from expense to expense and from defeat to...abyss of bankruptcy and ruin which yawns before us." The secretary resolved self-righteously to do his best to overcome the problems created by others,...
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