Fifty Second Annual Report Of The Board Of Directors Of The Union League Of Philadelphia October 31 1914 Classic Reprint

Author : Philadelphia Union League
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396474361
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Union League, of Philadelphia written by Philadelphia Union League and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Union League, of Philadelphia: December 13th, 1869 Tee last annual meeting of the Union League pre ceded the inauguration of General Grant's administration by about three months. On the day of that meeting, there were many pure-minded and patriotic men who severally looked towards the future with various degrees of apprehension. Confidence in the possible policy of the incoming government was by no means universal. Among the party of doubters, small though it was, some feared one thing, some another; but all feared some thing, and burdened their predictions with their fears. The vague, unfounded dread lest General Grant should in some' way prove unfaithful to the principles and the policy of the party which elected him, was the underly ing idea of all this distrust. General Grant had saidnothing that committed him. He had quietly assumed the honors and responsibilities which the Union Party had bestowed upon him, but he had promised nothing in return. In those days of anxiety we held that, for a character of General Grant's integrity, the acceptance of a nomination was the acceptance of the principles of the party that made it. This was a position which no hon orable man would deny, and no honest man would seek to evade. We were right ln our estimate of General Grant's character, and of his own views of the solemn obli gations which he had voluntarily assumed. From the day of his inauguration until the presentomoment, who can point to a single act that looks like a departure from the strictest principles of the Union Party? Nor has he been a pledged but reluctant follower of our party; he' has cheerfully assumed the leadership which belongs to his high office, and now beckons us forward on ways of which he was charged with being unacquainted. To this Association, which anticipated the popular movement that made General Grant President of the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.