 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 668 pages
...words were (thinking he was addressing his successor in office) : " Sir, I wish you to understand the principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more." counselors was known, prosperity was half restored, for confidence was reenthroned in the commercial... | |
 | Henry Montgomery - 1860 - 486 pages
...Worthington at his bedside, he said (and it is presumed he was addressing Governor Tyler),SlR, — I WISH TOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF THE GOVERNMENT. I WISH THEM CARRIED OCT. I ASK NOTHING MORE. This is the dying injunction of the good old man, made, Dr. Worthington says,... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1861 - 454 pages
...his Cabinet were near him, he uttered words for them, for his country, and for his successor: "Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the...government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more." The last struggles had already commenced, but they were not violent. Only once after this did he seem... | |
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 pages
...latest words — delirious, if you will, but proving still the ruling passion strong in death — " SIR, I WISH YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF THE...GOVERNMENT: I WISH THEM CARRIED OUT: I ASK NOTHING MORE" — Words, as well suited to his illustrious successor, as they were worthy of himself — he died,... | |
 | Children's literature, English - 1867 - 632 pages
...soul to God, and my daughter to my country." JQ Adams — " It is the last of earth." Harrison—" I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried ont. I ask nothing more." Taylor — " I have endeavoured to do my duty." Franklin — " A dying man... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 pages
...and fancying that he was addressing his successor, he said, — " Sir, I wish you to understand the principles of the Government : I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more." These were his last words. His death was universally regarded as one of the greatest of national calamities.... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - United States - 1871 - 366 pages
...the month he was on a sick bed." His illness was of eight days duration. His last words were, " The principles of the government ; I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more." John Tyler was born 1790 ; died 1862. He was in early life a great admirer of Heury Clay, and is said... | |
 | Amos Kendall - Kentucky - 1872 - 734 pages
...dim and delirious recollection of some real scene which had passed in his- cabinet, he said, " Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the...government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more." If his successor, throwing aside every other consideration, will obey this dying injunction, and carry... | |
 | James Parton - 1872 - 820 pages
...Kaymond. Under its heading, the new paper bore, as a motto, the dying words of Harrison : ,' I DESIRE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF THE GOVERNMENT. I WISH THEM CARRIED OUT. I ASK NOTHING MORE." The omens were not propitious. The appallingly sudden death of General Harrison, the President of so... | |
 | James Parton - 1872 - 592 pages
...Raymond. Under its heading, the new paper bore, as a motto, the dying words of Harrison: '' I DBSIKB YOtJ TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF THE GOVERNMENT. I WISH THEM CARRIED ODT. I ASK NOTHING MORE." The omens were not propitious. The appallingly sudden death of General Harrison,... | |
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Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government; I wish them carried out; I ask nothing more... 
