 Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The...  Classic Selections from the Best Authors - Page 306by Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 182 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. 10. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...and let it come ! — I repeat it, sir, let it come ! 11. It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, " Peace, peace" — but there is... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...who will rais« up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ! but there is no peace.... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! .' " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace — but there... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to 16 UNITED STATES SPEAKER. the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ! but there is no peace.... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...— and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! .' ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace — but there... | |
 | John Smith Hanna - 1844 - 378 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...inevitable; and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! it is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace; hut there is no peace.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may he heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable, and let it conic ! ! I repeat it, sir ; let... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There 5 is no retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Our...— and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen 10 may cry, peace, peace, — but there is... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides,...is now too late to retire from the contest. There 5 is no retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ! Their clanking may be heard... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pages
...now too late to retire from the contest. There 5 ia no retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Ouf chains are forged ! Their clanking may be heard on...— and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen 10 may cry, peace, peace, — but there is... | |
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