 | 1854 - 136 pages
...1850? He is silent. I appeal to the gallant Senator from Illinois [Mr. SHIELDS], He, too, is silent. I now throw my gauntlet, at the feet of every Senator...1850, and challenge him to say that he then knew, or thonght, or dreamed, that, hy enacting the Compromise of 1850, he was directly or indirectly ahrogating^... | |
 | George E. Baker - 1855 - 424 pages
...1850? He is silent. I appeal to the gallant senator from Illinois [Mr. SHIELDS] 1 He, too, is silent. I now throw my gauntlet at the feet of every senator...impairing, the Missouri Compromise ? No one takes it tip. I appeal to that very distinguished — nay, sir, that expression falls short of his eminence... | |
 | William Henry Seward - Legislators - 1888 - 714 pages
...? He is silent. I appeal to the gallant senator from Illinois [Mr. SHIELDS] ? He. too, is silent. I now throw my gauntlet at the feet of every senator...the senate in 1850, and challenge him to say that lie then knew, or thought, or dreamed, that, by enacting the compromise of 1850, he was directly or... | |
 | Frederic Bancroft - Statesmen - 1900 - 576 pages
...compromise of 1850?" Then he gave this general challenge, somewhat like Chase's a fortnight before: " I now throw my gauntlet at the feet of every Senator...impairing, the Missouri compromise ? No one takes it up." Seward held that if the objection to a geographical line was well taken, it must be because the extension... | |
 | Frederic Bancroft - Statesmen - 1900 - 578 pages
...compromise of 1850?" Then he gave this general challenge, somewhat like Chase's a fortnight before: " I now throw my gauntlet at the feet of every Senator now here, who was in the Seriate in 1850, and challenge him to say that he then knew, or thought, or dreamed, that, by enacting... | |
 | De Alva Stanwood Alexander - New York (State) - 1906 - 530 pages
...down his gauntlet at the feet of every member of the Senate in 1850 and challenged him to say that he knew, or thought, or dreamed, that by enacting the compromise of 1850 he was directly or indirectly abro1 FW Seward, Life of WH Seward, Vol. 2, p. 221. 'Ibid., p. 222. •James F. Rhodes, History of... | |
 | De Alva Stanwood Alexander - New York (State) - 1906 - 462 pages
...down his gauntlet at the feet of every member of the Senate in 1850 and challenged him to say that he knew, or thought, or dreamed, that by enacting the compromise of 1850 he was directly or indirectly abro' FW Seward, Life of WH Sward, Vol. 2, p. 221. •Ibid., p. 222. •James F. Rhodes, History of... | |
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I now throw my gauntlet at the feet of every senator now here, who was in the senate in 1850, and challenge him to say that he then knew, or thought, or dreamed, that, by enacting the compromise of 1850, he was directly or indirectly abrogating, or in... 