This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... These commanders, in general, showed themselves to be considerate and animated by a desire for peace and harmony. But they were naturally inclined to disregard points of law which were of importance to a civilian, and when their minds were made up to any course it was practically useless to advance ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... These commanders, in general, showed themselves to be considerate and animated by a desire for peace and harmony. But they were naturally inclined to disregard points of law which were of importance to a civilian, and when their minds were made up to any course it was practically useless to advance any arguments in opposition. While their interference in civil affairs was deeply resented and sharply, if uselessly, opposed in the State, the officers generally were personally popular in the various communities in which they were stationed. Politics in 1866. At the close of the provisional government Mr. Holden, embittered by his defeat and disappointed in his plan to continue in office, resumed the editorship of the Standard. He still had the ear of the President and felt that through this fact he might succeed in the end. But abuse of the Radical policy at Washington became less and less frequent in Holden's paper, and at the same time less violent; and by the summer of 1866 it had ceased entirely. His quiet opposition to the admission of negro testimony showed what was in his mind. No thinking person aware of the conditions of public sentiment at the North doubted that a refusal to make this concession, demanded alike by justice and policy, would solidify the radicals in Congress against any recognition of the existing State government, and it is also very clear that Mr. Holden did not desire the recognition by Congress of those who had defeated him. He was accused of this by the Sentinel in March and thereafter.67 Early in the year the Standard said that if the laudation of Vance in the State press should continue and should be accompanied by disparagement of Mr. Holden, an appeal would be made to the President to cause Vance to be...
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