| Henry Mann - 1896 - 350 pages
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest....vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from... | |
| A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 pages
...There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged : — their clanking might be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable...vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace ! The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 514 pages
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, air, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest....clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is ene vitable; and let it come!! I repeat it, sir— LET IT COME! ! ! * "It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
| 1822 - 734 pages
...is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. But we have no election. If we were bate enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest....chains are forged — their clanking may be heard upon the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come. It is in vain to extenuate the matter.... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 382 pages
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is n,ow too late to retire from the contest....vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace; but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 376 pages
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest....and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! i•It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace; but there is no peace.... | |
| 1824 - 516 pages
...vigilant, the activ e, the brave. Besides^sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest....of Boston ! The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! ! 1 repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may... | |
| 1827 - 544 pages
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest....vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale, that sweeps from... | |
| 1827 - 540 pages
...vigilant, -the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desireit, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable—and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! SPEECH OF WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, GOVERNOR... | |
| 1828 - 394 pages
...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have now no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest....vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace — but there is no peace ! The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from... | |
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