 | Phrenology - 1847 - 408 pages
...and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable; and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! " ' It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 312 pages
...and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! would they have ? — Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains... | |
 | John W Chalfant - Religion - 2003 - 266 pages
...slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! . . ,It is in vain... to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace,...actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! . . .Why stand we here idle? . . .What is... | |
 | Greg Ward - History - 2004 - 436 pages
...from Transylvania is not, however, recognized by Congress in 1776, and it becomes part of Virginia. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace....actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why... | |
 | Gary V. Wood - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 268 pages
.... make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. . . . The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! (emphasis added] Henry, of course, closed his speech with the words heard round the world, Is life... | |
 | Mary Mostert - Political Science - 2004 - 230 pages
...submission and slavery! "Our chains are forged! Their clanging may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable - and let it come! I repeat it, sir,...actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why... | |
 | William Safire - Reference - 2004 - 1168 pages
...forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! 1 repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to...actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why... | |
 | Waller R. Newell - Social Science - 2009 - 308 pages
...suffered in the struggle for liberty and human dignity is preferable to a life lived on one's knees: It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen...actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why... | |
 | Jennifer Prior - Education - 2004 - 194 pages
...the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! l repeat it, sir, let it come. lt is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen...actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why... | |
 | Stephen Stallard - Honor - 2004 - 270 pages
...the speech at West Point, and the words of the final paragraph began to flow through his mind. "It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may...actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why... | |
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Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! 
