 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...  ADVENTURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICANS; - Page 206by HENRY HOWE - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...to fight our battles for us. 9. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election....may be heard on the 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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. 10. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! — I repeat it, sir, let it come ! 11. It is vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 310 pages
...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, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it it now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submissiop and slavery ! Our... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 312 pages
...chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — 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 peace. The... | |
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1847 - 420 pages
...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 sir, we have no election....clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! 11. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | Phrenology - 1847 - 408 pages
...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, sir, we have no election....may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable; and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! " ' It is vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 312 pages
...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. — Besides, sir, we have no...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... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...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, sir, we have no election. If we are base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but... | |
 | Robert Reid Howison - Virginia - 1848 - 542 pages
...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, sir, we have no election....clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come. I repeat it, sir, let it come. " Gentlemen may cry peace ! peace ! but... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...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, sir, we have no election....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.... | |
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