 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 American Whig Review - Seite 1231848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Daniel Lynch - 1881 - 570 Seiten
...the death-knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the present ; but that is only a reprieve, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding...with a marked principle, moral and political, once concurred in and held up to the passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation... | |
 | James Taylor - 1882 - 284 Seiten
...question,' he said, ' like a firebell 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 a moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1883 - 394 Seiten
...question," he said, " like a firebell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed,...But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence." " The coincidence of a marked principle, moral and political, with a geographical line, once conceived,... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1883 - 372 Seiten
...in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Uuion. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence." " The coincidence of a marked principle, moral and political, with. a geographical line, once conceived,... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1888 - 610 Seiten
...the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union, ft" 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... | |
 | William T. Alexander - 1800 - 662 Seiten
...momentous question — like a fire-bell in the night. awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at onc'e as the knell of the Union. It is hushed...never be obliterated, and every new irritation will work it deeper and deeper." From this time parties were to be really national only so long as the question... | |
 | 1892 - 780 Seiten
...and the South. Jefferson gifted with prophetic vision said : " A geographical line, coinciding with a principle, moral and political, once conceived and...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." The second state made from the new territory had brought before the nation a matter of even more serious... | |
 | Henry Dickson Capers - 1893 - 630 Seiten
...as a 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...new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. " I regret that I am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation... | |
 | Henry Dickson Capers - 1893 - 634 Seiten
...as a 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...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. 260 happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy liassions of their... | |
 | Henry Dickson Capers - 1893 - 630 Seiten
...as a 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...and held up to the angry passions of men, will never ba obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. happiness to their country,... | |
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