 We may have our own opinions about slavery; we may be for or against the South; but there is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the South have made an army; they are making, it appears, a navy; and they have made, what is more than either,...  The Life of William Ewart Gladstone - Page 79by John Morley - 1903Full view - About this book
 | 1862 - 818 pages
...Exchequer, " that Jefferson Davis and the other leaders of the South have made an army ; they are milking, it appears, a navy ; and they have made what is more than either — they have made a nation. We may i anticipate with certainty the sue- 1 cess of the Southern States, so far as regards their... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...came the impulsive pronouncement, bitterly regretted by him and bitterly resented in the North : " Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the South have...is more than either — they have made a nation." Many other Englishmen simply sympathised with the weaker side; many too, it should be confessed, with... | |
 | 1862 - 862 pages
...II. 49 against the South — but there is no doubt, I think, about this, — Jefferson Davis and the other leaders of the South have made an army ; they...is more than either — they have made a nation." Such an opinion from such a man cannot be without weight in the councils of the world. The victories... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1864 - 1104 pages
...be for or against tho South — but there is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders of tho South have made an army ; they are making, it appears,...what is more than either — they have made a nation . . . We may anticipate with certainty the success of the Southern States, so far as regards their... | |
 | 1888 - 934 pages
...and other leaders of the South have made an army ; that they are making, it appears, a navy ; that they have made what is more than either — they have made a nation. We may anticipate with certainty the success of the Southern States, so far as regards their separation... | |
 | Samuel Aspinwall Goddard - 1870 - 612 pages
...leaders of the South have made an army ; they are soon, I understand, to have a navy; but, gentlemen ! they have made what is more than either, they have made a nation !' "I certainly understood this as applause for a great and noble work ; whether the fact affirmed... | |
 | United States - 1872 - 220 pages
...Government herein. quoted, might well have been taken as offensive by the United States. He said : 1 " We may have our own opinions about slavery ; we may...what is more than either — they have made a nation. [Loud cheers.] * * * We may anticipate with certainty the success of the Southern States so far as... | |
 | 1872 - 864 pages
...Government herein quoted, might well have been taken as offensive by the United States. He said : lu We may have our own opinions about slavery ; we may...what is more than either — they have made a nation. [Loud cheers.] * * * We may anticipate with certainty the success of the Southern States so far as... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1872 - 874 pages
...taken as offensive by the United States. He said : ' " We may have our own opinions about slavery ; wo may be for or against the South ; but there is no...what is more than either — they have made a nation. [Loud cheers.] * * * We may anticipate •with certainty the success of the Southern States so far... | |
 | United States - 1872 - 144 pages
...positive he was in the matter may be judged from these words, uttered by him in October, 1862 : ' ' There is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders...what is more than either — they have made a nation. We may anticipate with certainty the success of the Southern States so far as regards their separation... | |
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