 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...determination not to aid the government in any way whatsoever. Governor Letch er, of Virginia, wrote : — " The militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the...they have in view. Your object- is to subjugate the sou them states, and a requisition made upon me for such an object — an object, in my judgment, not... | |
 | United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...States." Governor Letcher, of Virginia, in reply to the call for troops from that State, says, — " The militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the...for any such use or purpose as they have in view." Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, telegraphed to the President that he could not respond to the call... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1863 - 598 pages
...Letcher, the Governor of Virginia, in his response to the President's appeal for troops, had said, " The militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the...for any such, use or purpose as they have in view. You have chosen to inaugurate civil war, and, having done so, we will meet it in a spirit as determined,... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - History - 1863 - 554 pages
...southern states." Governor Letcher of Virginia — "the militia will not be furnished to the powers of Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view." Governor Ellis of North Carolina, in a more guarded tone, telegraphed to the President that he could... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...subduing her sister Southern States." " The militia of Virginia," wrote Letcher to Secretary Cameron, " will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view." Similar was the reply of Governor Harris, of Tennessee. Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, with greater... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...riflemen for the period of three months, unless sooner discharged." In reply to this communication, I hare only to say that the militia of Virginia will not...at Washington for any such use or purpose as they Ьате in view. Vour object is to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition mude upon me for... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - United States - 1865 - 884 pages
...North Carolina." The Governor of Virginia wrote on the next day to the Secretary of War, saying : " The militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the...for any such use or purpose as they have in view." The Governor of Tennesвее replied: "Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...subduing her sister Southern States." " The militia of Virginia," wrote Lcteher to Secretary Cameron, " will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view." Similar was the reply of Governor Harris, of Tennessee. Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, with greater... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...subduing her sister Southern States." " The militia of Virginia," wrote Letcher to Secretary Cameron, " will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view." Similar was the reply of Governor Harris, of Tennessee. Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, with greater... | |
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I have only to say that the militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view. 
