 | Henry Mann - United States - 1896 - 350 pages
...active, the brave. 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,...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,... | |
 | Ovid - Latin literature - 1817 - 498 pages
...only 'his audience, but also the nation, in the White heat of decision and determination. He said: "The war is inevitable and let it come! I repeat it,...may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war has actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...active, the brave. 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...slavery ! Our chains are forged : — their clanking might be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it,... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, air, 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,...their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is ene vitable; and let it come!! I repeat it, sir— LET IT COME! ! ! * "It is in vain, sir,... | |
 | 1822 - 734 pages
...vigilant, the active, the brave. But we have no election. If we were bate enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat...chains are forged — their clanking may be heard upon the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come. It is in vain to extenuate the matter.... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 376 pages
...active, the brave. 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,...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!!! i•It is in vain, sir, to... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desireit, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat,...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 ! SPEECH OF WILLIAM LIVINGSTON,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...active, the brave. 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,...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 vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...active, Ihe brave. 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,...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,... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 pages
...active, the brave. 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,...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,... | |
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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 war is inevitable, and let it come!... 
