| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 584 pages
...historical, — " Our federal Union : it must be preserved." Mr. Calhoun gave the next toast: " The Union, next to our liberty, the most dear ; may we...the States, and distributing equally the benefit and burthen of the Union." Now it is certainly true that these several toasts represented, on the one part,... | |
| Thomas Hart Benton - United States - 1854 - 784 pages
...toast j and it did not at all allay the suspicions which were crowding every bosom. It was this : " The Union : next to our Liberty the most dear: may we...the States, and distributing equally the benefit and burthen of the Union." This toast touched all the tender parts of the new question — liberty before... | |
| Thomas Hart Benton - United States - 1854 - 762 pages
...toast ; and it did not at all allay the suspicions which were crowding every bosom. It was this : " The Union : next to our Liberty the most dear: may we...the States, and distributing equally the benefit and burthen of the Union." This toast touched all the tender parts of the new question — liberty before... | |
| James Parton - Presidents - 1860 - 764 pages
...; and it did not at all allay the suspicions which were crowding every bosom. It was this : " ' The Union : Next to our Liberty the most dear : may we...distributing equally the benefit and burden of the Union.' " This toast touched all the tender parts of the new question — liberty before union — only to... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...and it did not by any means allay the suspicions which existed in every hosom. It was this : " The Union, next to our liberty,, the most dear : may we...the States, and distributing equally the benefit and burthen of the Union." In the language of Thomas H. Benton, who was present, " this toast touched all... | |
| John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Kansas - 1862 - 440 pages
...holding, as you will recollect, the next highest office in the state after the President) gave, " The Union: next to our liberty, the most dear. May we...the states, and distributing equally the benefit and burthen of the Union." The strong man and the headstrong one had both spoken out. There was a moral... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...and it did not by any means allay the •suspicions which existed in every bosom. It was this : " The Union, next to our liberty, .the most dear : may we...of the States, and distributing equally the benefit ami burthen of the Union." In the language of Thomas H. Benton, who was present, "this toast tonched... | |
| Richard Miller Devens - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...PRESERVED !" He was followed by the Vice President, who JC Calhoun, gave as his sentiment — " The Union : next to our Liberty the most dear: may we...Those who before doubted the intentions of Calhoun and liis South Carolina friends, and were at a loss to understand the exact meaning of the dinner party... | |
| Benson John Lossing - History - 1866 - 628 pages
...the following: — "The Union: next to Liberty, the most dear; may wo all remember that it can_only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States, and distributing equally the benefits and burdens of the Union." "The proceed togs of that day," said Mr. Benton, who was present,... | |
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