 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 Seiten
...plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! 10. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 Seiten
...Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! — I repeat it, sir, let it come ! 11. It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...what would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God. — I know... | |
 | 1847 - 312 Seiten
...country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. " But, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is...would they have ? — Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? — Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 Seiten
...sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace ; but there is no peace. The war has actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know tiot... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1847 - 356 Seiten
...Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ; but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that comes from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 Seiten
...is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard ou the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable — and...What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! — I know... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - 1848 - 542 Seiten
...it, sir, let it come. " Gentlemen may cry peace ! peace ! but there is no peace. The war is already begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will...what would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1848 - 364 Seiten
...Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ; but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that comes from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of...What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 Seiten
...by any force which our enemy can send against us. " But, sir, we shall not fight our battles alpne. There is a just God, who presides over the destinies...would they have ? — Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? — Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 Seiten
...alone. There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up frierMs to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not...would they have ? — Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? — Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know... | |
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Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What... 
