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
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 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 the robber demands of me — my money — was my own, and I had a clear right to keep it ; but it was no more... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, ' Stand and deliver, or I shall kill yon, and then you will be a murderer ! ' To be sure what...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... | |
| William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...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...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... | |
| William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 540 pages
...mutters through his teeth, " Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer I" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me — my...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... | |
| William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 538 pages
...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...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... | |
| William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...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 1" To be sure, what the robber demanded of me — my money — was my own; and I had a clear right... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - American literature - 1888 - 600 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... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn. (Speech at Cincinnati, September, 1859). What the robber demanded of me — my money — was...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... | |
| Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...put 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...robber demanded of me — my money — was my own ; but it was no more my own than my vote is my own; and a threat of death to me to extort my money,... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 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... | |
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