 But you will not abide the election of a Republican President. In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union ; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us ? That Is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 210by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 394 pages
...will be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then...it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 460 pages
...will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then...murderer!" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me—my money—was my own; and I had a clear right to keep it; but it was no more my own than my vote... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1905 - 362 pages
...30 be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then...to keep it ; but it was no more my own than my vote 5 is my own ; and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1905 - 452 pages
...highwayman holds a pistol to my ear and mutters through his teeth, " Stand and deliver or I shall Mil you, and then you will be a murderer! " To be sure,...it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and the threat of death to me to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union to extort... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1906 - 650 pages
...will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then...it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 464 pages
...will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer! " To be sure, what a robber demanded of me — my money — was my own ; and I had a clear right to keep it ; but it was... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - Indians of North America - 1906 - 700 pages
...will be upon us. That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, 'Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer.' "It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great Confederacy shall be at peace, and in harmony,... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - History - 1906 - 626 pages
...will be upon us. That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, 'Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer.' "It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great Confederacy shall be at peace, and in harmony,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 336 pages
...will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then...it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 pages
...will be upon us ! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, "Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then...it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and the threat of death to me, to extort my money, and the threat of destruction to the Union, to extort... | |
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