 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,...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 210by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...be 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...it was no more my own than my vote is my own ; and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 266 pages
...be 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...it was no more my own than my vote is my own ; and the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 270 pages
...be 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...it was no more my own than my vote is my own ; and the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - Campaign literature - 1860 - 368 pages
...be 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...it was no more my own than my vote is my own ; and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...and you will be a murderer !" [Continued laughter.] To be sure, what the robber demanded of me—my money — was my own, and I had a clear right to keep...but it was no more my own than my vote is my own, — [" That's so," and applause,] — and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat... | |
 | History - 1860 - 250 pages
...be 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...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 - 1860 - 268 pages
...matters through his teeth, " stand and deliver, or 1 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 right to keep It ; but it was no more my own than my vote is my own ; aud the threat... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 292 pages
...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... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1860 - 138 pages
...be upon us I 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 be a murderer I " To be sure, what the robber demanded of me— my money — was my own ; and I had a clear right... | |
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