Quotes by Henry Villard - Page 1

I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.
Henry Villard /
Contact
Prejudice
Lincoln
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No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay in the advent of help from the loyal States.
Henry Villard /
Advent
Delay
Inexplicable
Loyal
President
Fairly
Saw
Repeatedly
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I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln received a larger vote than Seward.
Henry Villard /
Abraham
Chagrin
Intense
Vote
Ballot
Fully
Lincoln
Received
Shared
Therefore
Third
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General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career.
Henry Villard /
Danger
Great War
Headquarters
Nuisance
Accordingly
Acted
Journalists
Throughout
Toward
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The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations.
Henry Villard /
Chairs
Curious
Fingers
Presidential
Squeezing
Observations
Protracted
Remained
Settled
Sofa
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He appeared every night, like myself, at about nine o'clock, in the office of Mr. Tyler, to learn the news brought in the night Associated Press report. He knew me from the Bull Run campaign as a correspondent of the press.
Henry Villard /
Every Night
News
Nine
Myself Me Night
Appeared
Associated
Report
Mr
Bull
Campaign
Correspondent
Tyler
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Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs.
Henry Villard /
Feet
Height
Legs
Lungs
Broad
Chest
Senator
Disproportion
Douglas
Trunk
Noticeable
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He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.
Henry Villard /
Details
Familiarity
Flattered
Battles
Hour
Suppose
Movements
Surprised
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Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and men became controlled by the one thought of getting as far as possible from the enemy.
Henry Villard /
Abandon
Controlled
Enemy
Formal
Impulse
Officers
Retreat
Orders
Several
Yielded
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There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end.
Henry Villard /
Cords
Effort
Enthusiasm
Higher
Sympathetic
Touched
Appealed
Instincts
Douglas
Lincoln
Sustained
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Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal right on the flank and rear and throw it into utter confusion, which spread rapidly along the whole front. Now came the disastrous end.
Henry Villard /
Confusion
Offensive
Spread
Battery
Brigade
Utter
Disastrous
Towards
Rapidly
Rear
Rebels
Strike
Throw
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