 | United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...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...mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should he best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken up... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...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...myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whethei, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1832 - 916 pages
...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 myself to hang over theprecipiceofdisunion. to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...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 myself to hang over the precipice of rfwunion', to see whether', with my short sight', I can fathom the depth of the abyss below'; nor could... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the afi'airs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | William Smyth - France - 1840 - 446 pages
...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...union should be best preserved, but how tolerable should be the condition of the people, when it should be broken up and destroyed. While the union lasts... | |
 | Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...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...of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, l can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor ia the affairs... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of...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 Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...religious obligation. Let us trust to the influence of Washington's example. AMERICAN ELOQUENCE. 43 not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...behind. / have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds, that unite us together, shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed...below; nor could I regard him, as a safe counsellor in tile alfairs of this government, whose thorn, tin should be mainly bent on considering, not how the... | |
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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... 
