 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 pages
...to defend us? " Look at my floating banner," he would reply; " see there the nullifying law!" Is it your opinion, gallant commander, they would then say,...tariff laws," he would repeat, "are unconstitutional, palpably, deliberately, dangerously." That all may be so; but if the tribunals should not happen to... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 pages
...to defend us* " Look at my floating banner," he would reply; " see. there the nullifying law!" Is it your opinion, gallant commander, they would then say,...indicted for treason, that same floating banner of your's would make a good plea in bar' "South Carolina is a sovereign State," he would reply. That is... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...to defend us? " Look at my floating banner," he would reply; " see there the nullifying law!" Is it your opinion, gallant commander, they would then say,...indicted for treason, that same floating banner of your's would make a good plea in bar? " South Carolina is a sovereign state," he would reply. That... | |
 | George Ticknor - 1831 - 56 pages
...to defend us ? ' Look at my floating bannar,' he would reply, ' see there the nullifying law!' Is it your opinion, gallant commander, they would then say,...Carolina is a sovereign state,' he would reply. That is true—but would the judge admit our plea ? ' These tarifflaws," he would repeat, ' are unconstitutional,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...to defend us ? " Look at my floating banner," he would reply; "see there the nullifying law !" Is it your opinion, gallant commander, they would then say,...true, but would the Judge admit our plea ? " These taritf laws," he would repeat " are unconstitutional — palpably, deliberately, dangerously." That... | |
 | 1832 - 504 pages
...defend us? "Look at my floating banner," he would reply ; " see there the nullifying lam ! " Is it your opinion, gallant commander, they would then say,...indicted for treason, that same floating banner of your's would make a good plea in bar ? " South Carolina is a sovereign state," he would reply. That... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...defend us? "Look at my floating banner," he would reply ; " see there the nullifying law." " Is it your opinion, gallant commander," they would then...indicted for treason, that same floating banner of ycur's would make a good plea in bar ?" " South Carolina is a sovereign state," he would reply. "That... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 572 pages
...defend us ? "Look at my floating banner," he would reply ; " see there the nullifying law ! " Is it your opinion, gallant commander, they would then say,...tariff laws," he would repeat, " are unconstitutional, palpably, deliberately, dangerously." That may all be so ; but if the tribunal should not happen to... | |
 | Robert Young Hayne - 1852 - 90 pages
...Jefend us ? " Look at my floating banner," he would reply ; " see there the nullifying law ! " Is it your opinion, gallant commander, they would then say,...plea ? " These tariff laws," he would repeat, " are unconsti« 11 tntional, palpably, deliberately, dangerously." That all may be so ; but if the tribunals... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 574 pages
...defend us ? " Look at my floating banner," he would reply ; " see there the nullifying law ! " Is it your opinion, gallant commander, they would then say,...tariff laws," he would repeat, " are unconstitutional, palpably, deliberately, dangerously." That may all be so ; but if the tribunal should not happen to... | |
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... that, some years ago. How, then, they would ask, do you propose to defend us ? We are not afraid of bullets, but treason has a way of taking people off that we do not much relish. How do you propose to defend us? "Look at my floating banner," he would... 
