 | Iowa. General Assembly - Iowa - 1860 - 648 pages
...purpose by which they believe he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and oaltn cheerlulness with which he met the consequences of his failure....bravest of our revolutionary sires bedewed the grave of Andre, who, by their own judgment, died the death of a spy, his sentence approved by Washington.... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly. Senate - Iowa - 1860 - 806 pages
...for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believed he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and calm cheerfulness with which he met the...act they strongly condemned, and the tears of many ot the best and bravest ot our revolutionary sires bedewed the grave ot Andre, who, by their own judgment,... | |
 | Pioneer Lawmakers' Association of Iowa - Bar associations - 1890 - 990 pages
...for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believe he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and calm cheerfulness with which he met the...bravest of our revolutionary sires bedewed the grave of Andre, who, by their own judgment, died the death of a spy, his sentence approved by Washington.... | |
 | Henry Warren Lathrop - 1893 - 520 pages
...for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believe he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and calm cheerfulness with which he met the...bravest of our revolutionary sires bedewed the grave of Andre, who, by their own jndgment, died the death of a spy. his sentence approved by Washington.... | |
 | Iowa. Governor - Governors - 1903 - 550 pages
...for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believe he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and calm cheerfulness with which he met the consequences of his failure." The denial of this requisition, and numerous other evidences of unfriendly feeling which are being... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh - Iowa - 1909 - 698 pages
...for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believe he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and calm cheerfulness with which he met the consequences of his failure."76 Standing as the boldest utterance of sympathy upon John Brown's act and coming from such... | |
 | Oswald Garrison Villard - Biography & Autobiography - 1910 - 806 pages
...for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believe he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and calm cheerfulness with which he met the consequences of his failure." But even this was not allowed to pass uncriticised by the Democratic minority in the Iowa Legislature,... | |
 | Dan Elbert Clark - Biography & Autobiography - 1917 - 492 pages
...for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believe he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and calm cheerfulness with which he met the...bravest of our revolutionary sires bedewed the grave of Andre, who, by their own judgment, died the death of a spy, his sentence approved by Washington.... | |
 | Ohio - 1921 - 1314 pages
...for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believe he was governed and for the unflinching courage and calm cheerfulness with which he met the consequences of his failure."* This expression precipitated a storm in the legislature of Iowa. The governor was severely criticised... | |
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While the great mass of our northern people utterly condemn the act of John Brown, they feel and they express admiration and sympathy for the disinterestedness of purpose by which they believe he was governed, and for the unflinching courage and calm... 