 You talk, my good Sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have...  History of the American Civil War - Page 268by John William Draper - 1867Full view - About this book
 | James Truslow Adams - New England - 1926 - 484 pages
...influence to appease the present tumult in Massachusetts. . . . Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. . . . Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have real grievances, redress them if possible... | |
 | James Truslow Adams - Literary Criticism - 1926 - 482 pages
...influence to appease the present tumult in Massachusetts. . . . Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once. . . . Know precisely what the insurgents aim at. If they have real grievances, redress them if possible... | |
 | William Dodge Lewis, James Fleming Hosic - English language - 1927 - 552 pages
...When asked to use his influence for reform, he replied : " Influence is no government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let US know the worst at once." HART, New American History1 1 Copyright, 1917, 1921, by Albert Bushnell Hart, American Book Company,... | |
 | Joseph Dillaway Sawyer - 1927 - 650 pages
...wrote: "You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found; or, if attainable, that it would be the proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. "Let us have a government by which... | |
 | Randolph Leigh - Oratory - 1927 - 178 pages
...many ways the weakness of this league was made manifest. Washington wrote to a member of Congress, "Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties and properties will be secure." Leading men were convinced that the creation of a stronger union was the only remedy for the... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1929 - 940 pages
...localities, there will be our downfall as a Nation." And to Henry Lee, In October, he cried forth, " Influence Is not government. Let us have a government...will be secured or let us know the worst at once." By this creed, by this defiant declaration of liberty or death—"my country or my grave"—that Knox... | |
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