 I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the union, To see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed...  Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations - Page 87by Charles Morris - 1902 - 639 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Webster, Samuel M. Smucker - 1859 - 568 pages
...not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recesses behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving...affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1859 - 712 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor oonld I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, 1 can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1860 - 542 pages
...I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union may be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 782 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 792 pages
...union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chancea of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 564 pages
...I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...affairs of this Government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...union, to see what might lic hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances tif preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together...affairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him us a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1863 - 344 pages
...I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances...affairs of this Government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be... | |
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