 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...  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 425by Daniel Webster - 1830 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and, although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population...to us all a copious fountain of national, social, personal happiness. 4. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...country. Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, personal happiness. ' Joyous.' " While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 516 pages
...although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread further and further, they have not outrun its protection, or its benefits....fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. i 3. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - 1865 - 260 pages
...duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings ; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population...fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. C 2- I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 pages
...fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and although our territory hn> stretched out wider nnd wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun ita protection or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and, although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population...fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. 3. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 758 pages
...benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. 3. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the...coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, wheu the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...duration has teemed with' fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings ; and though our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population...to us all a copious fountain of national, social, personal happiness. see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 pages
...duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings ; and, although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population...outrun its protection or its benefits. It has been to ns all, a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. I have not allowed myself,... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 pages
...although, our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread further and further, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits....fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. 2. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the 'dark... | |
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