 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...not, be evaded, so let him attempt no evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war...the same is true of the site of Fort Brown — then am I with him for his justification. In that case I shall be most happy to reverse the vote I gave... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...not, be evaded, so let him attempt no evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war was shed — that it was not within an inhabited countryAor, if within such, that the inhabitants had submitted themselves to the civil authority of... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...not, be evaded, so let him attempt no evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war...Brown — then I am with him for his justification. In that case, I shall be most happy to reverse the vote I gave the other day. I have a selfish motive... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 496 pages
...Speech in Congress. The Mexican War. evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war...Brown — then I am with him for his justification. In that case, I shall be most happy to reverse the vote I gave the other day. I have a selfish motive... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...Speech in Congreas. The Mexican War. evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, be can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war...Brown — then I am with him for his justification. In that case, I shall be most happy to reverse the vote I gave the other day. I have a selfish motive... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...not, be evaded, so let him attempt no evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war...Brown — then I am with him for his justification. In that case, I shall be most happy to reverse the vote I gave the other day. I have a selfish motive... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...not, be evaded, so let him attempt no evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war...site of Fort Brown — then I am with him for his justifieation. In that case, I shall be moat happy to reverse the voto I gave the other day. I have... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...Speech in Congress. The Mexican War. evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war...civil authority of Texas, or of the United States, arid that the same is true of the site of Fort Brown — then I am with him for his justification.... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...Speech in Congress. The Mexican War. evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, he can showthat the soil was ours where the first blood of the war was shed—that it was not within an inhabited country, or, if within such, that the inhabitants had submitted... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...not, be evaded, so let him attempt no evasion, no equivocation. And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war...the same is true of the site of Fort Brown — then 1 am with him for his justification. In that case, I shall be most happy to reverse the vote I gave... | |
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And if, so answering, he can show that the soil was ours where the first blood of the war was shed — that it was not within an inhabited country, or, if within such, that the inhabitants had submitted themselves to the civil authority of Texas, or of... 
