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The Daily Dispatch: May 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], Rumored Excitement in the North. (search)
"Bet your Pite." The polite and accomplished Ingalls — he is a General under Grant — informed the people of Yankeedom, on the 12th, that the "old Republic" was safe! His words were, dated from Spotsylvania Court House, these: "The old Republic is safe-- bet your pile!"--He adds: "Grant is a giant and hero in war." Ingalls would, no doubt, bet his pile on that, too, the more especially as Grant had it in his power to throw him a crumb or two for his eulogy. Ingalls is probably a gamblerIngalls is probably a gambler, and likes to see betting going on, even where the chances are too slight to hazard his own pile. To stimulate others around the table, he assured them that although the Confederates fought "like devils," "we (they) will have them this pop, though, and without demonstrating the safety of the "old Republic," or of any "pile" that anybody may have bet on it. But Ingalls is merely helping the "Giant" and the Yankee Government in the fraud which they are ever practicing to give spirit and f