 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
 | 1847 - 312 pages
...who will raise up friends u> fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone : it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. —...late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, hut in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 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. " Gentlemen may cry peace ! peace ! but there is no peace. The war is already begun. The next gale... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 540 pages
...alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we wrere base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...inevitable, and let it come. I repeat it, sir, let it come. " Gentlemen may cry peace ! peace ! but there is no peace. The war is already begun. The next gale... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 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,...Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard ou the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable — and let it come. I repeat it, sir, — let it come.... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 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... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 pages
...who will raise up frierMs 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... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 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,...The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat, sir, let it come !• It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace!... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 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 is no... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 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... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 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 vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace.... | |
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