 | 1848 - 708 pages
...the ntcht, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at ünce as the knell ol the Unton. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical hne, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1854 - 762 pages
...a passenger in our bark to the shore from which I am not far distant. But this momentous ques tion, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled...indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not the final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 676 pages
...in our bark to the shore from which I am not distant. But this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror....But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - Political Science - 1857 - 672 pages
...he, Mr. Jefferson's prophetic words ! Mark his profound reasoning ! " ' It, the question, is hushed g k ߀ , ܲ遀 쁀 U A geographical line coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 916 pages
...good hands, and content to be a passenger iu our bark to the shore from which I am not distant. But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night,...But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 764 pages
...good hands, and content to be a passenger in our bark to the shore from which I am not distant. But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night,...But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 758 pages
...good hands, and content to be a passenger in our bark to the shore from which I am not distant. But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night,...It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is 4 reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - United States - 1858 - 766 pages
...question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once ns the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for...But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1860 - 558 pages
...good hands, and content to be a passenger in our bark to tbe shore from which I am not distant. But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night,...but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held... | |
 | Christopher Gustavus Memminger - United States - 1860 - 52 pages
...hands, and content to be a passenger in our bark to the shore from which I am not far distant. But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night,...indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not the final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once... | |
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But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. 
