Author : Benjamin F. Butler
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ISBN 13 : 9781331226864
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Book Synopsis Private and Official Correspondence, Vol. 2 of 5 by : Benjamin F. Butler
Download or read book Private and Official Correspondence, Vol. 2 of 5 written by Benjamin F. Butler and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Private and Official Correspondence, Vol. 2 of 5: During the Period of the Civil War; June, 1862 February, 1863 Mesdames: I have the pleasure to inform you that my necessities which caused the request for permission to use your house during your absence this summer have been relieved. I have taken the house of General Twiggs, late of the United States Army, for quarters. Inclined never on slight causes to use the power entrusted to me to grieve even sentiments only entitled to respect from the courage and lady-like propriety of manner in which they are averred, it is gratifying to be enabled to yield to the appeal you made for favor and protection by the United States. Yours shall be the solitary exception to the General Rule adopted - that they who ask protection must take upon themselves corresponding obligations or do an equal favor to the Government. I have an aged mother at home, who, like you, might request the inviolability of hearthstone and roof-tree from the presence of a stranger. For her sake you shall have the pass you ask, which is sent herewith. As I did myself the honor to say personally, you may leave the city with no fear that your house will be interfered with by any exercise of military right, but will be safe under the laws of the United States. Trusting that the inexorable logic of events will convict you of wrong toward your country when all else has failed. 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.
