The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-08-06


gress, which shall take cognizanc
of international questions of diff
Guilty, and whose decisions will b,
as binding as the decision Of ou
supreme court is binding on US
To the International Arbitration
Union, Birmingham.
recognize the fact that whatev
er there is of greatness in the Uni
ted States, or indeed In any othel
country, is due to the labor per
formed. The laborer is the author
of all greatness and wealth. With
out labor there would be no govern
ment, or no leading class, or moth
ing to preserve. With us labor is
regarded as highly respectable
To the Iron Founders Society, Bir
mingham, 1877.
If our country ,uld be saved OF
ruined by the efforts of any one
man we should not have q country
and we should not now be celebrat-
ing our fourth of Iuly.-Speech al
Hamburg, 1878.
The humblest soldier who car
ried a musket is entitled to as much
credit for the result of the war as
those who were in command
Speech at Hamburg, 1878.
With people as honest and
proud as the Americans and with
80 much common sense it is always
a mistake to do a thing not entirely
right for the sake of expediency.
When l was in the army l had a
physique that could stand anything.
Whether | slept on the ground or
in a tent; whether slept one hour
or ten in the twenty four; whether
| had one meal or three or none,
made no difference. l could lie
down and sleep in the rain without
caring. But l was many years
younger and l could not hope to
do that now.
The only eyes general can trust
are his own.
Although a soldier by education
and profession have never felt any
sort of fondness for war, and l have
never advocated it except as a
means of peace.-Speech in London,
1867.
A general who will never take
a chance in a battle will never win
one.
l do not believe in luck in war
any more than in luck in business.
l would deal with nations as
law requires individuals
to treat with each other.
The president of the chamber of
commerce in his remarks has al
lnded to the personal friendship
existing between the two nations
will not say the two peoples, be-
cause we are one people; but we
are two nations having a common
destiny, and that destiny will be
brilliant in proportion to the friend
ship and cooperation of the breth-
ren on the two sides of the water
Speech at Newcastle.
The truth is, 1 am more of
farmer than a soldier. | take little
Or no interest in military affairs
and, although l entered the army
30 years ago, and have been in two
wars, in Mexico as young lieuten-
ant, and later, never went into the
army without regret, and never re-
tired without pleasure.
There had to be an end of slavery.
Then we were fighting an enemy
with whom we could not make
peace. We had to destroy him,
No convention, no treaty, was pos
sible, only destruction.
The long denial of guaranteed |
right is sure to lead to revolution
where suffering must fall upon the
innocent as well as the guilty.
Letter to Gen. Chamberlain, 1876. |
l am not one of those who cry |
out against the republic and charge |
t with being ungrateful. 1 am
sure that, as regards the American
people as nation and as individu-
lls, / have every reason under the |
sun, if any person really has, to be
with their treatment of me.
in New York, 1880.
l have witnessed since my sick
ness just what l have wished to see
ever since the war-harmony and
good feeling between the sections.
have always contended that if
here had been nobody left but the
soldiers we should have had peace
n year. - and are the
lnly two that l know of who do not
seem to be satisfied on the southern
'ide. We have some on ours who
allied to accomplish as they wished
,r who did not get warmed up to
he fight until it was all over, who
lave not had quite full satisfaction.
Che great majority, too, of those
Who did not go into the war have
ong since grown tired of the long
We may now well
Ook forward to a perpetual peace
t home and a national strength
hat will screen us against any for
ign complication. l believe my
elf that the war was worth all it
ost us.-WriLten to Gen. Ruckner.
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