The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and... The London Magazine - Page 4191822Full view - About this book
| Henry Mann - United States - 1896 - 350 pages
...alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...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... | |
| A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...slavery ! Our chains are forged : — their clanking might be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it,... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, air, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...Our chains are forged: their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is ene vitable; and let it come!! I repeat it, sir— LET IT COME!... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...alone; ills to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission vid sluvery! Our chains are forged: their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is n,ow too late to retire...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... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...vigilant, -the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desireit, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There...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 ! SPEECH... | |
| Psychology - 1828 - 394 pages
...it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have now no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...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... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. Besides, sir, we have no election, if we were base enough to desire it,— it is now too late to retire...Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! Tho war is inevitable—and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!! 7.... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...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... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...; it is to the vigilant, the active, Ihe brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...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... | |
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