I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory,... War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis - Page 329by Henry Stuart Foote - 1866 - 440 pagesFull view - About this book
| Literature - 1877 - 226 pages
...no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. . . . I am loath to close. We ary not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. I am loath to close. We are not enemies but friends. We must...our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every ba'ttiefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government,...but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break, our honds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching... | |
| History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend" it. ^f I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over... | |
| Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend" it. ^f I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over... | |
| Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend ' it....but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds ef affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, hut friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may...our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone, all over... | |
| United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government,...our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1862 - 910 pages
...Government will not assail you. " You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government,...bonds of affection. " The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone ail over... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...you. " You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath regif ered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall...but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have i strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. "The mystic cords of memory, stretching... | |
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