 | Frank H. Alfriend - 1868 - 674 pages
...the people of the South with the assassination. To this Mr. Davis replied, sadly: 'I certainly have no special regard for Mr. Lincoln, but there are a great many men of whose end I would much rather hear than his. I fear it will be disastrous to our people, and I regret it deeply.'" Mr. Davis remained... | |
 | Frank H. Alfriend - 1868 - 670 pages
...assassination. To this Mr. Davis replied, sadly: 'I certainly have no special regard for Mr. Lincoln, hut there are a great many men of whose end I would much rather hear than his. I fear it will be disastrous to our people, and I regret it deeply.'" Mr. Davis remained... | |
 | 1901 - 774 pages
...South would be accused of instigating his death. To this Mr. Davis replied, sadly: "I certainly have no special regard for Mr. Lincoln; but there are a...will be disastrous to our people, and I regret it deeply." The party remained at Charlotte about one week. While here, Mr. Davis received the propositions... | |
 | William Edward Dodd - 1907 - 410 pages
...announcing the assassination of President Lincoln. He said to those around him : "I certainly have no special regard for Mr. Lincoln ; but there are...whose end I would much rather | have heard than his." ' Here also Davis received the articles of surrender first agreed upon by Sherman and Johnston. A cabinet... | |
 | Morris Schaff - 1922 - 302 pages
...crime of that kind might be perpetrated. When the news was confirmed, Mallory reports him as saying: "I certainly had no special regard for Mr. Lincoln, but...a great many men of whose end I would much rather hear than his. I fear it will be disastrous to our people, and I regret it deeply." Upon hearing the... | |
 | Thomas Reed Turner - 1991 - 292 pages
...all that sympathetic, for as he told Secretary of the Navy Stephen Russell Mallory, "I certainly have no special regard for Mr. Lincoln; but there are a...whose end I would much rather have heard than his." 1S Whereas Davis could only give this grudging assessment, many others could not conceal their joy.... | |
 | Gabor S. Boritt, Norman O. Forness - 1996 - 486 pages
...Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory he managed the rather lame assessment that, "I certainly have no special regard for Mr. Lincoln; but there are a...whose end I would much rather have heard than his." In his memoirs he added that while he could not mourn for Lincoln, his death was "a great misfortune... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - 2003 - 770 pages
...South would be accused of instigating his death. To this Mr. Davis replied, sadly: 'I certainly have no special regard for Mr. Lincoln; but there are a...heard than his. I fear it will be disastrous to our 552 people, and I regret it deeply'" (Rise and also Davis' May 13 conversation with James Fall, 2:683;... | |
 | Thomas W. Hanchett, Ryan L. Sumner - 2003 - 132 pages
...Jefferson Davis heard the news of President Lincoln's assassination. Davis responded, "I certainly have no special regard for Mr. Lincoln; but there are a great many men of whose end 1 would much rather have heard than this. I fear it will be disastrous for our people and 1 regret... | |
 | Thomas Goodrich - 2005 - 386 pages
...unexpected glad tidings, the somber statesman raised his hands. "It is sad news," muttered Davis. "I certainly had no special regard for Mr. Lincoln, but there are a great many men whose end I would much rather have heard than his. I fear it will be disastrous to our people, and... | |
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I certainly have no special regard for Mr. Lincoln; but there are a great many men of whose end I would much rather have heard than his. I fear it will be disastrous to our people, and I regret it deeply. 
