 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1858 - 818 pages
...which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to...road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety. How beautiful the style — how much more beautiful the principles'l It would be a speculation not... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 794 pages
...and should we wonder from them in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our eteps nnd to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety. I repair, then, fellow-citizens, to the post you have assigned me. With experience enough in subordinate... | |
 | Orators - 1859 - 370 pages
...the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust : and should we wander from them in the moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace...road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety. I repair then, fellow-citizens, to the post you have assigned me, with experience enough in subordinate... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1860 - 526 pages
...which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to...road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety. I repair, then, fellow-citizens, to the post you have assigned me. With experience enough in subordinate... | |
 | Edward Dicey - Abolitionists - 1863 - 344 pages
...our steps. Should we wander from them " in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to re" trace our steps, and to regain the road which alone " leads to peace, liberty, and safety." This, in spite of the eccentricities of Mr. Stanton, was, and is still, the creed of the great majority... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Miles - Campaign literature - 1864 - 44 pages
...us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment;...which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety." Says Chief-Justice Story, a name universally esteemed, referring to the high responsibilities of the... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - History - 1865 - 486 pages
...which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them in moments of error and alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which leads to peace, liberty, and safety. I would to God that I could read to Mr. Lincoln, with such commentary... | |
 | Ransom Hooker Gillet - United States - 1868 - 450 pages
...creed of our political faith — the text of civil instruction — the touchstone to try the service of those we trust ! and should we wander from them...road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety ! " A clearer and more forcible exposition of democratic principles is nowhere to be found. They have... | |
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These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through the age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed... 
