 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 448 pages
...adversary prisoner, as he was often very near him ; honestly replied, ' I am afraid he will take me.' We shall be forced ultimately to retract: — let us retract while we can, not when we must. These violent and oppressive acts must be repealed : you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it,... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Great Britain - 1848 - 208 pages
...circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress of Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your Lordships, that all...retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts :* they must be repealed ; — you will... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 pages
...tyranny, whether ambitioned by an individual part of the Legislature or the bodies who compose it, is equally intolerable to British subjects." He then...lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon euch men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation, must be vain — must be fatal.... | |
 | 1851 - 560 pages
...circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all...retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts; they must be repealed—you will repeal... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 572 pages
...attempts to impose servitude on " such men, to establish despotism over such a " mighty Continent, must be vain, must be fatal. " We shall be forced...; let us " retract while we can, not when we must. I say " we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive " Acts ; they must be repealed ; you will... | |
 | Daniel Webster - History - 1852 - 68 pages
...circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all...; let us retract while we can, not when we must." This first Congress, for the ability which it manifested, the principles which it proclaimed, and the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...and simplicity of language, — for everything respectable and honorable, — they stand unrivalled. I trust it is obvious to your Lordships that all attempts...mighty Continental Nation, must be vain, must be fatal. This wise People speak out. They do not hold the language of slaves. They tell you what they mean.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...and simplicity of language, — for everything respectable and honorable, — they stand unrivalled. I trust it is obvious to your Lordships that all attempts...mighty Continental Nation, must be vain, must be fatal. This wise People speak out. They do not hold the language of slaves. They tell you what they mean.... | |
 | Daniel Webster - History - 1852 - 66 pages
...circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all...a mighty continental nation, must be vain, must be fetal. We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must." This... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...and simplicity of language, — for everything respeetable and honorable, — they stand uurivalled. I trust it is obvious to your Lordships that all attempts...such a mighty Continental Nation, must be vain, must bo fatal. This wise People speak out. They do not hold the language of slaves. They tell you what they... | |
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I trust it is obvious to your lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can,... 
