 But you will not abide the election of a Republican president! In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union ;' and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...  Abraham Lincoln and the Men of His Time - Page 278by Robert Henry Browne - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 266 pages
...crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ? That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " stand and deliver,...the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort шу vote, can scarcely be distinguished in principle.... | |
 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ? : That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver,...the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort my vote, can scarcely be distinguished in principle.... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 270 pages
...crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ? That Is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " stand and deliver,...the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort my vote, can scarcely be distinguished in principle.... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " Stand and deliver,...the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort my vote, can scarcely be distinguished in principle.... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, u Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you...; but it was no more my own than my vote is my own ; arid the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to... | |
 | Horace Greeley - History - 1860 - 250 pages
...crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ? That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " stand and deliver,...murderer !" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me—my money—was my own ; and I had a clear right to keep it; but it was no more my own than my... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 138 pages
...crime of having destroyed it will be upon us I That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " stand and deliver,...I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer I " To be sure, what the robber demanded of me— my money — was my own ; and I had a clear right... | |
 | Campaign literature, 1860 - 1860 - 270 pages
...crime of hav.ug destroyed it will be upon us P Thai is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murde.er 1" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me — my money— was my own ; and 1 had a clear... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 268 pages
...crime of having destroyed it wilt he upon us ? That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will he a murderer !" To he sure, what the robher demanded of me — my money — was my own ; and I had... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 292 pages
...destroyed it will be upon us ? That Is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through hU teeth, " stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer 1" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me— my money — was my own; and I had a clear right to... | |
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