 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.  The Life of Thomas Jefferson - Side 442av Henry Stephens Randall - 1858Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1854 - 762 sider
...tion, 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 the final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - 1857 - 672 sider
...he, Mr. Jefferson's prophetic words ! Mark his profound reasoning ! " ' It, the question, is hushed g k ߀ , ܲ遀 쁀 U Ԁ 0 ; 낀 pasI 358 »ions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 916 sider
...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...obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper aiui deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a man on earth who would sacrifice... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - 1859 - 812 sider
...filled me with terror. I considered it at once as th' knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, fortlw moment ; but this is a reprieve only, not a final...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. * * * If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw away, against an abstract... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - 1860 - 526 sider
...HOLMES, Esq." Mark his prophetic words ! Mark his profound reasoning! "It [the question] is hushed for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." Twenty-eight years have passed since these remarkable words were penned, and there is not a thought... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - 1860 - 830 sider
...like afire-bell in the night, awakened me and filled mo with terror. I considered it at once as UM knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the...coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, one* conceived and held up to the angry passioni of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new... | |
 | Christopher Gustavus Memminger - 1860 - 52 sider
...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 the final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - 1861 - 526 sider
...HOLMES, Esq." Mark his prophetic words I Mark his profound reasoning! "It [the question] is hushed for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a...conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, wilt never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." Twenty-eight years... | |
 | James Spence - 1861 - 398 sider
...North from South as with the clean cut of a knife. Upon such a division Jefferson remarked long ago : " A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every irritation will make it deeper and deeper." There is a truth in these words which gave the force to... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - 1861 - 514 sider
...question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled in.; with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for...reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical lice, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry... | |
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