 I were satisfied that the public confidence was more fully possessed by any one of them than by me, and knew of any Constitutional way in which he could be put in my place, he should have it. I would gladly yield it to him. But though I believe that I...  Annual Report of the American Historical Association - Page 88by American Historical Association - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Henry Bryan Binns - 1907 - 428 pages
...popular confidence, yet he could not put anyone into his place in whom the people had greater trust. " I am here. I must do the best I can, and bear the...of taking the course which I feel I ought to take." How grave he felt that responsibility, which he did not pretend that even his Cabinet could share,... | |
 | Robert Henry Browne - 1907 - 660 pages
...however this may be, there is no way in which I can have any other man put where I am. I am here. 1 must do the best I can, and bear the responsibility...of taking the course which I feel I ought to take." MEMORANDA OF SECRETARY GIDEON WELLES ON EMANCIPATION, September 22, 1862. September 22. A special Cabinet... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1909 - 274 pages
...very well that many others might, in this matter as in others, do better than I can ; and if I was satisfied that the public confidence was more fully...I am here ; I must do the best I can, and bear the re- s** sponsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to The proclamation appeared in the... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1909 - 702 pages
...time since, I do not know that, all things considered, any other LINCOLN PROCLAIMS EMANCIPATION 557 person has more ; and, however this may be, there...responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take.1 This Proclamation, perhaps the most important document that has thus far ever issued from Washington,... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1909 - 700 pages
...time since, I do not know that, all things considered, any other LINCOLN PROCLAIMS EMANCIPATION 557 person has more ; and, however this may be, there...responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take.1 This Proclamation, perhaps the most important document that has thus far ever issued from Washington,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1913 - 228 pages
...Lincoln had not yet served half his term. In his own words uttered in an earlier and less grave crisis, " There is no way in which I can have any other man...of taking the course which I feel I ought to take." 1 Congress recognized its limitations ; it could not remove Lincoln from office and it agreed with... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1913 - 246 pages
...Lincoln had not yet served half his term. In his own words uttered in an earlier and less grave crisis, " There is no way in which I can have any other man...responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take."1 Congress recognized its limitations ; it could not remove Lincoln from office and it agreed... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1916 - 500 pages
...he could be put in my place, he should have it. I would gladly yield it to him. But though I believe I have not so much of the confidence of the people...of taking the course which I feel I ought to take." Then he read his draft, and in the long discussion which followed, and owing to which a few slight... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 508 pages
...he could be put in my place, he should have it. I would gladly yield it to him. But though I believe I have not so much of the confidence of the people...of taking the course which I feel I ought to take." Then he read his draft, and in the long discussion which followed, and owing to which a few slight... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1917 - 520 pages
...time since, I do not know that all things considered, any other person has more ; and, however that may be, there is no way in which I can have any other...of taking the course which I feel I ought to take." 1 In view of this constitutional limitation, the Republican senators in two successive caucuses, assuming... | |
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