 | John Wien Forney - Bookbinding - 1873 - 462 pages
...it will be truly awful. But if this country can not be saved without giving iip that principle — / was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.'" And then, after a few more words, he added solemnly, as he drew his tall form to its fullest height,... | |
 | John Wien Forney - Bookbinding - 1873 - 462 pages
...it will be truly awful. But if this country can not be saved without giving up that principle — / was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." And then, after a few more words, he added solemnly, as he drew his tall form to its fullest height,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1874 - 562 pages
...it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will 1x3 truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say / would rather be assassinated on this sjjot than, surrender it."1 Then, after adding that he had not... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1875 - 568 pages
...it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot bo saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated OH this spot than surrender it."1 Then, after adding that he had not expected to say a word, he repeated... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - United States - 1876 - 542 pages
...the people of this country, but I hope to the world for all future time. . . . If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say that I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." He was aware at that momeut of... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - United States - 1876 - 538 pages
...the people of this country, but I hope to the world for all future time. . . . If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say that I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." He was aware at that moment of... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 pages
...help save it. If it cannot be saved on that basis, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." Expressing the opinion that there need be no bloodshed or war, he said, " there will be no bloodshed... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - North America - 1877 - 764 pages
...be saved from ruin. " But," he exclaimed, " if this country cannot be saved without giving up this principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. . . . My friends, I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1878 - 722 pages
...be saved from ruin. " But," he exclaimed, " if this country cannot be saved without giving up this principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. . . . My friends, I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1880 - 516 pages
...consider myself one of the happiest men in the world, if I can help to save it. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." 2 And yet that is the principle which the Senate is now about to give up, — that principle which... | |
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But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. 
