 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 540 pages
...wrote, confidentially, to Mr. William S. Speer, a citizen of Tennessee, under IsM. date of October 23 : I appreciate your motive when you suggest the propriety...already done this many, many times ; and it is in CH. xvm. print, and open to all who will read. Those who will not read or heed what I have already... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...ILLINOIS, October 23, 1860. WILLIAM 8. SPEER, Esq. My dear Sir: Yours of the 13th was duly received. I appreciate your motive when you suggest the propriety...and it is in print, and open to all who will read. Those who will not read or heed what I have already publicly said would not read or heed a repetition... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 448 pages
...(Confidential.) SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, October 23, 1860. My dear Sir: Yours of the 1jth was duly received. I appreciate your motive when you suggest the propriety...and it is in print, and open to all who will read. Those who will not read or heed what I have already publicly said would not read or heed a repetition... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - Presidents - 1924 - 290 pages
...impossible for him to do so. Yours, etc. "Jw>. G. NICOLAT." To one gentleman who asked him to write something disclaiming all intention to interfere with slaves or slavery in the states, he replied, "I have already done this many, many times; and it is in print and open to all who will... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 298 pages
...impossible for him to do so. Yours, etc., "JNO. G. NlCOLAY." To one gentleman who asked him to write something disclaiming all intention to interfere with slaves or slavery in the States, he replied, " I have already done this many many times; and it is in print and open to all who will... | |
 | John George Nicolay - Presidents - 1902 - 604 pages
...replies he explained the reasons for his refusal. "I appreciate your motive," he wrote October 23, "when you suggest the propriety of my writing for...and it is in print, and open to all who will read. Those who will not read or heed what I have already publicly said, would not read or heed a repetition... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 pages
...S. Speer, Springfield, Illinois, 23 October I860.] My dear Sir: Yours of the 13th was duly received. I appreciate your motive when you suggest the propriety...and it is in print, and open to all who will read. Those who will not read or heed what I have already publicly said would not read or heed a repetition... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 394 pages
...S. Speer, Springfield, Illinois, 23 October I860.] My dear Sir: Yours of the 13th was duly received. I appreciate your motive when you suggest the propriety...and it is in print, and open to all who will read. Those who will not read or heed what I have already publicly said would not read or heed a repetition... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1907 - 362 pages
...Illinois, October 23, 1860. William S. Speer, Esq. My dear Sir: Yours of the 13th was duly received. I appreciate your motive when you suggest the propriety...and it is in print, and open to all who will read. Those who will not read or heed what I have already publicly said would not read or heed a repetition... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907 - 738 pages
...ILLINOIS, October 23, 1860. WILLIAM S. SPEER, Esq. My dear Sir: Yours of the 13th was duly received. I appreciate your motive when you suggest the propriety...and it is in print, and open to all who will read. Those who will not read or heed what I have already publicly said would not read or heed a repetition... | |
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I appreciate your motive when you suggest the propriety of my writing for the public something disclaiming all intention to interfere with slaves or slavery in the States ; but in my judgment it would do no good. I have already done this many, many times... 
