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Page 272 - War came: and now it must go on till the last man of this generation falls in his tracks, and his children seize his musket and fight our battle, unless you acknowledge our right to self-government. We are not fighting for Slavery, We are fighting for INDEPENDENCE ; and that or extermination we WILL have.
Page 90 - ... inspection, but the customs officials merely chalked it, without examination, and I hurried back to my compartment amid the shouting of guards and the clanging of station bells. Again I found that I was alone in the compartment, so I smoked a cigarette, thanked Heaven, and fell into a dreamless sleep. "How long I slept I do not know, but when I awoke the train was roaring through a tunnel. When again it flashed out into the open country I peered through the grimy, rain-stained window and saw...
Page 279 - But, tell me, are the terms you have named — Emancipation, No Confiscation, and Universal Amnesty — the terms which Mr. Lincoln authorized you to offer us?" "No, Sir, Mr. Lincoln did not authorize me to offer you any terms. But I think both he and the Northern people, for the sake of peace, would assent to some such conditions.
Page 267 - At this table sat the Secretary. He rose as we entered, and, as Judge Ould introduced us, took our hands, and said,— "I am glad, very glad, to meet you, Gentlemen. I have read your note, and" — bowing to me — "the open letter you bring from . Your errand commands my respect and sympathy. Pray be seated." As we took the proffered seats, the Colonel, drawing off his "duster," and displaying his uniform, said, — "We thank you for this cordial reception, Mr. Benjamin. We trust you will be as...
Page 273 - Lee had at the outset — and is no nearer taking Richmond than at first ; and Lee, whose front has never been broken, holds him completely in check, and has men enough to spare to invade Maryland and threaten Washington ! Sherman, to be sure, is before Atlanta ; but suppose he is and suppose he takes it ? You know that the farther he goes from his base of supplies the weaker he grows, and the more disastrous defeat will be to him. And defeat may come. So, in a military view, I should certainly say...
Page 270 - Withdraw your armies from our territory, and peace will come of itself. We do not seek to subjugate you. We are not waging an offensive war, except so far as it is offensive-defensive — that is, so far as we are forced to invade you to prevent your ' invading us. Let us alone, and peace will come \ at once.
Page 279 - But Amnesty, Sir, applies to criminals. We have committed no crime. Confiscation is of no account, unless you can enforce it. And Emancipation ! You have already emancipated nearly two millions of our slaves, — and if you will take care of them, you may emancipate the rest. I had a few when the war began. I was of some use to them ; they never were of any to me. Against their will you ' emancipated ' them ; and you may ' emancipate ' every negro in the Confederacy, but ice will be free ! We will...
Page 273 - If your papers tell the truth, it is your capital that is in danger, not ours. Some weeks ago, Grant crossed the Rapidan to whip Lee and take Richmond. Lee drove him in the first battle, and then Grant executed what your people call a ' brilliant flank movement,
Page 273 - Grant has lost seventy-five or eighty thousand men — more than Lee had at the outset, — and is no nearer taking Richmond than at first; and Lee, whose front has never been broken, holds him completely in check, and has men enough to spare to invade Maryland and threaten Washington...