 I cannot interpose the power with which I may be invested, a power conferred not for my personal benefit, nor for my aggrandizement, but for my country's good, to check her onward march to greatness and glory. I have not courage enough, I am too cowardly...  Niles' National Register - Page 91841Full view - About this book
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 616 pages
...my country. That I cannot, I have not the courage to do. I cannot interpose the power with which I may be invested, a power conferred not for my personal...courage enough, I am too cowardly for that. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise of such a trust, lie down, and place my body across the path that leads... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1842 - 518 pages
...my country. That I cannot, I have not the courage to do. I cannot interpose the power with which I may be invested, a power conferred not for my personal...courage enough, I am too cowardly for that. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise of . such a trust, lie down, and place my body across the path that leads... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 614 pages
...my country. That I cannot, I have not the courage to do. J cannot interpose the power with which I may be invested, a power conferred not for my personal...courage enough, I am too cowardly for that. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise of such a trust, lie down, and place my body across the path that leads... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 612 pages
...my country. That 1 cannot, I have not the courage to do. I cannot interpose the power with which I may be invested, a power conferred not for my personal...courage enough, I am too cowardly for that. I would not,*I dare not, in the exercise of such a trust, lie down, and place my body across the path that... | |
 | Henry Clay - Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 - 1843 - 618 pages
...my country. That I cannot, I have not the courage to do. 1 cannot interpose the power with which I may be invested, a power conferred not for my personal...to check her onward march to greatness and glory. 1 have not courage enough, I am too cowardly for that. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise of... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 630 pages
...the courage to do. I cannot interpose the power with which I may be invested, a power conferred cot for my personal benefit, nor for my aggrandizement,...country's good, to check her onward march to greatness and glorj. I have not courage enough, I am too cowardly for that. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise... | |
 | Henry Clay - Vandenhoff, George, 1820-1883 - 1844 - 168 pages
...country. That — I cannot, I have not the courage to do. I cannot interpose the power with which I may be invested — a power conferred not for my personal...enough — I am too cowardly for that. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise of such a trust, lie down and place my body across the path that leads... | |
 | John Stockton Littell - Campaign literature - 1844 - 400 pages
...cannot, I have not the co urage to do. I cannot interpose the power with which I may be in vested, a power conferred not for my personal benefit, nor...courage enough, I am too cowardly for that. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise of such a trust, lie down, and place my body across the path that leads... | |
 | Calvin Colton - 1846 - 516 pages
...my country. That I can not, I have not the courage to do. I can not interpose the power with which ] may be invested, a power conferred, not for my personal...courage enough, I am too cowardly for that. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise of such a trust, lie down, and place my body across the path that leads... | |
 | Calvin Colton - 1846 - 520 pages
...country. That I can not, I have not the courage to do. I can not interpose the power with which I may he invested, a power conferred, not for my personal benefit,...courage enough, I am too cowardly for that. I would not, I dare not, in the exercise of such a trust, lie down, and place my body across the path that leads... | |
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